At a press briefing on Tuesday, State Department spokesperson Jen Psaki stated that in the past six months, the United States has provided and approved sales of military equipment to Nigeria’s armed forces.
by SAHARAREPORTERS, NEW YORKNov 13, 2014
The United States has dismissed Nigeria’s claims it refused her the military equipment required to defeat Boko Haram.
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She said the country has also shared intelligence with Nigeria, began training a new army battalion and held numerous high-level discussions with Nigerian authorities on additional measures to best address the Boko Haram threat.
Psaki said the only denial was the transfer of some Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria “due to concerns about Nigeria’s ability to use and maintain this type of helicopter in its effort against Boko Haram and ongoing concerns about the Nigerian military’s protection of civilians when conducting military operations.”
Earlier in the week, Nigeria’s ambassador to the United States, Adebowale Adefuye, had told members of the Council on Foreign Relations that Nigeria was frustrated the US had refused to give the weapons needed to deliver the “killer punch” to Boko Haram because the US claimed to be concerned about Nigeria’s human rights record.

Below is the full exchange at the briefing

QUESTION: Can I go to Nigeria?
MS. PSAKI: Sure. I just have probably time for one or two more questions.
QUESTION: Okay. I’ll try not to take up too much time.
MS. PSAKI: Okay.
QUESTION: There was – the Nigerian ambassador here in Washington, D.C. invited some members of the Council on Foreign Relations to the Embassy on Monday. And basically, he gave a speech in which he said that Nigeria is not very happy with the United States at the moment, that he feels that you guys are not giving them the weapons that they need to really deal with Boko Haram, and that this statement that you have that it’s because you’re concerned about human rights allegations by the Nigerian army are just half-truths, hearsays put out by the opponents of President Jonathan and human rights groups.
I wondered if I could have your reaction to the comments that he made.
MS. PSAKI: Well, we first value our – highly value our longstanding and important relationship with Nigeria. Let me just lay out the facts of our assistance. Over the past six months, the United States has started sharing intelligence with Nigeria, began training a new army battalion and held numerous high-level discussions with Nigerian authorities on additional measures to best address the Boko Haram threat. We have also provided and approved sales of military equipment to its armed forces. These decisions are made, of course, after careful scrutiny to ensure they conform with United States law.
Earlier this year, we denied the transfer of some Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria due to concerns about Nigeria’s ability to use and maintain this type of helicopter in its effort against Boko Haram and ongoing concerns about the Nigerian military’s protection of civilians when conducting military operations. We shared those concerns with Nigeria before this decision and subsequent to it.
Nigeria has purchased helicopters that originated in countries other than the United States, and nothing in our decision prevents Nigeria from obtaining weapons and equipment from other sources. We’ll continue to look for ways to deepen our cooperation with Nigeria to help it acquire the systems and skills needed to restore peace and security. But obviously, we’ve provided a great deal of assistance over the past several months.
QUESTION: So other than the Cobra helicopters, is there any request from the Nigerian Government that hasn’t been met by the United States?
MS. PSAKI: I would ask them that specific question, but we’ve obviously provided them with a range of assistance, including intelligence sharing as well as military equipment.
QUESTION: And what about their response that the allegations of human rights abuses by the Nigerian army are just – are not substantiated?
MS. PSAKI: Well, we continue to urge Nigeria to investigate allegations of abuses perpetrated by Nigerian security forces, as well as offer Nigeria assistance in developing the doctrine and training needed to improve the military’s effectiveness. We wouldn’t be raising that concern if we didn’t feel and others didn’t feel that they were warranted.
QUESTION: So were you surprised by – was this building surprised by the ambassador’s comments on Monday?
MS. PSAKI: We did not review the comments in advance, no.
QUESTION: But so you were surprised, then, to – by the depth – I mean, it was a pretty angry statement that he made.
MS. PSAKI: I’ll leave it at what I conveyed.
QUESTION: Thank you.
MS. PSAKI: Thanks, everyone.
QUESTION: Thank you.
(The briefing was concluded at 2:21 p.m.)
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I smell rat hidden somewhere under the cabinets

Now who do we believe?.

rubbish how can our pilots who fly hinds and other complex systems not know how to operate cobra helos ,but you sell to eygptians and saudi ba ! this sily yanks are only applying double standards joor

Bloody yanks.
If the obsolete cobras is too much to sell to Nigeria, then what were they planning to sell to Nigeria?
Water guns?
Btw, what the fucck are we doing with those rubbish cobras?
Why can't we approach russia and get the latest MI- variants available for exports?
smh.

F117AA:
Bloody yanks.
If the obsolete cobras is too much to sell to Nigeria, then what were they planning to sell to Nigeria?
Water guns?
Btw, what the fucck are we doing with those rubbish cobras?
Why can't we approach russia and get the latest MI- variants available for exports?
smh.

Sumtin lyk dis?

Too little too late for the yanks, we're heading eastward to Russia, Obama can stick his cobra heli's up his muslim a.z.z.

Nigerdeltaboi:
rubbish how can our pilots who fly hinds and other complex systems not know how to operate cobra helos ,but you sell to eygptians and saudi ba ! this sily yanks are only applying double standards joor

Don't mind them.
Anyway, i don't blame them.
They know that we are being governed by idiotts who will not make them pay for treating us with disdain.
The day a leader with atleast an IQ of a 100 gets to aso-rock, these yanks will know what is up.

F117AA:
Don't mind them.
Anyway, i don't blame them.
They know that we are being governed by idiotts who will not make them pay for treating us with disdain.
The day a leader with atleast an IQ of a 100 gets to aso-rock, these yanks will know what is up.

i tell you fa ,of our leaders both past and present had vision and saw the need to provise capable tools for our military all these stories won't be coming up.

Ezebuola:


Sumtin lyk dis?

yeah thats the mi17ish terminator which NAF own but not in reasonable numbers ,we need more MI35M,MI 28 havoc ,close air support aircrafts such as the super tucano and more importantly the the Suhkoi jets either 27 or 30mks.

Nigerdeltaboi:

yeah thats the mi17ish terminator which NAF own but not in reasonable numbers ,we need more MI35M,MI 28 havoc ,close air support aircrafts such as the super tucano and more importantly the the Suhkoi jets either 27 or 30mks.

Can we afford to pay without loan? Can we maintain it that BH don't bring it down with ordinary RPG When it goes on routine mission? That usually lasts from 8am -10am, this time maybe the hunters would locate it somehere in the bush not like fishermen.

Ezebuola:


Can we afford to pay without loan? Can we maintain it that BH don't bring it down with ordinary RPG When it goes on routine mission? That usually lasts from 8am -10am, this time maybe the hunters would locate it somehere in the bush not like fishermen.

any chopper can go down to an RPG depending on the circumstance,its a war

Nigerdeltaboi:
rubbish how can our pilots who fly hinds and other complex systems not know how to operate cobra helos ,but you sell to eygptians and saudi ba ! this sily yanks are only applying double standards joor

Maybe the Egyptian and Saudi pilots receives up to date training required to operate such a modern machine, while probably your own military budget for the same purpose ends up in a secret private bank accounts abroad.

Abeg who is saying the truth.

Eziachi:

Maybe the Egyptian and Saudi pilots receives up to date training required to operate such a modern machine, while probably your own military budget for the same purpose ends up in a secret private bank accounts abroad.

you don't understand me ,i was making refrence to human right abuse also commited by the Egyptian and Saudi government........these same bloody yanks cited the lehy law as one of the reasons for no selling these choppers and mind you all aircrafts with yankee engine's need to get the approval of the yanks too.