President Muhammadu Buhari says Nigeria will lend a helping hand to South Sudan to fight insurgency and restore cohesion in the country.

Mr Femi Adesina, the President’s spokesman in a statement, said the Nigerian leader gave the assurance when he received in audience, Mr Albino Mathom Ayuel, Special Envoy of President Salva Kiir Mayardit of South Sudan, on Friday in Abuja.

According to Adesina, President Buhari told the Special Envoy about the situation this administration met on ground in the North-East in 2015 and how great strides had been made.

“We will study your situation and see how we can help,” President Buhari is quoted as saying.

The special envoy had intimated his host with the situation in his country, particularly how an insurgent group, “just like your Boko Haram here kills, maims and destroys”.

He appealed for “close collaboration on security, particularly the training of our forces, since you have experience in this area”.

“South Sudan is keen to end the insurgent activities, hence this appeal to our big brother,”