Cablegate: Nigeria: Anti-Terrorism Efforts

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UNCLAS ABUJA 003265

SIPDIS

E.O. 12958: N/A
TAGS: PTER ASEC NI
SUBJECT: NIGERIA: ANTI-TERRORISM EFFORTS

REF: A. A) STATE 211157
B. B) STATE 210672

On December 20, POLCOUNS delivered the demarches on the
ECOWAS Summit and the Terrorist Exclusion List(TEL) to West
Africa Minister-Counselor Folu Ogunbanwo at the MFA. (For the
past two weeks, the MFA has been depleted of our regular
contacts, who were either in New York or on leave for the
holidays.) Acknowledging the need to make anti-terrorism a
key part of the Summit, Ogunbanwo promised to relay our
concerns to the Nigerian delegation in Dakar, especially our
urging that the West Africans overcome the linguistic divide
hampering the GIABA's development as an effective anti-money
laundering organization. Ogunbanwo also accepted the TEL,
assuring that it would get wide distribution within the GON.
Andrews

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