*Charge D’Affairs U.S Embassy in Nigeria, Keith Heffern, Commander AFRICOM, General Dagvin Anderson, , President Bola Tinubu, Senior Foreign Policy Adviser , AFRICOM, Amb. Peter Vrooman, Command Sergeant Major Garric M. Banfield, Command Senior Enlisted Leader, United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), when the AFRICOM delegation paid a visit to President Tinubu on Sunday, 8 February 2026, in Abuja.
The Commander of the United States Africa Command (AFRICOM), General Dagvin R. M. Anderson and his team on Sunday, paid a courtesy visit to President Bola Tinubu at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The meeting, saw senior officials from Nigeria’s security and intelligence community as well as high-ranking representatives of the United States government and military, discuss strategies in the battle against banditry and terrorism.
AFRICOM has long partnered with Nigerian security agencies through training, intelligence sharing and capacity-building initiatives aimed at strengthening regional stability in West Africa.
Those present included Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mohammed Mohammed, and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Tosin Ajayi.
Also in attendance were the Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (rtd), the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede, the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Uandiandeye.
The United States delegation featured the Charge d’Affaires of the U.S. Embassy in Nigeria, Keith Heffern, AFRICOM’s Senior Foreign Policy Adviser, Ambassador Peter Vrooman, and the Command Senior Enlisted Leader of AFRICOM, Command Sergeant Major Garric M. Banfield.
