Waidi Shaibu’s Rwanda visit includes talks on military cooperation
By the AFREEQUE newsroom, based on Rnanews
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Waidi Shaibu, visited Rwanda to discuss military cooperation with Rwandan defence officials. The visit from 18 to 23 October included talks on training and logistics and revisited a topic previously published by Rnanews.
Nigeria’s Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, met his counterpart in the Rwanda Defence Force, Major General Vincent Nyakarundi, in Kigali to strengthen military cooperation between the two countries. The discussions focused on implementing several agreements on training, instructor exchanges and logistics, according to the Nigerian Army.
Waidi Shaibu, on an official visit to Rwanda from 18 to 23 October 2026, also held talks with Rwanda’s Chief of Defence Staff, General MK Mubarakh. The two delegations discussed defence and security issues of common interest. The Nigerian official also visited the Kigali Genocide Memorial and the Campaign Against Genocide Museum, where his delegation paid tribute to the victims of the 1994 genocide against the Tutsi.
The visit follows the strengthening of military cooperation in Rwanda, announced on 19 October. It also follows the visit to the Kigali Memorial by Nigeria’s army chief, reported on the same day.
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