The United States has expressed its readiness to help Nigeria to identify sponsors of terrorism in the country.
Mary Leonard, the U.S Ambassador to Nigeria, made this known on Monday during a meeting with journalists in Abuja.
She said talks were ongoing between the U.S and Nigeria to identify sponsors of terrorism in the country.
Leonard further allayed the fear that the US partnership with Nigeria might end up like that of Afghanistan, saying the situations were not the same.
She said, “That is something we are very eager to partner Nigeria on.
“I have had at least three conversations in the last two months on this subject.
“I won’t like to go into details.”
She added, “I hear people making the analogy with Afghanistan a lot, it does not match up.
“When you listen to what President Biden said on how troops went to Afghanistan in the first place, it was because they were in a horrible tragedy, over 3,000 Americans were killed.
“That is a different construct. The sovereign nations who have had strong bilateral relations. I don’t actually think the two match up.”
