Nigeria's President Muhammadu Buhari has expressed sadness over the death of Chadian President Idriss Deby, saying that his loss will surely create a big vacuum in the efforts to jointly confront the Boko Haram terrorists and the Islamic State West Africa Province troubling the region.
Correspondent Phil Ihaza reports in Abuja.
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