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Nigeria did not hire South African Mercenaries to fight Boko haram by Mobsync(m): 12:51pm On May 12, 2015
This topic: "South African Mercenaries' Secret War On Boko Haram" recently made front page on Nairaland (https://www.nairaland.com/2308706/south-african-mercenaries-secret-war). According to the article, Nigeria hired South African Mercenaries to fight Boko Haram in the northeast. This claim is false. The fact is, the South African company- STTEP, headed by Eeben Barlow, was contracted to train the 72nd Mobile Strike Force: a special forces unit of the Nigerian Army.
STTEP was not contracted to fight Boko Haram. Eeben Barlow also commented on the article, long before it appeared on Nairaland. He explained that the person who wrote the article lifted it from a website and added his own part to it. He posted the replies on Nigeria's topmost military blog: beegeagle..

You can view his replies here: https://beegeagle./2015/05/08/proforce-defence-nigeria-configured-these-for-the-4-mechanised-brigade-nigerian-army-now-visibly-on-patrol-in-delta-state/

I also added some screenshots of his reply. He posted with the name Eeben. Please we should all disregard any from of propaganda, either foreign media houses or local media houses. The fight against Boko Haram is a Nigerian military victory and not that of any foreign military, militia or mercenary group.

This is a detailed Vice documentary about he Boko Haram war, most notably the Battle of Bama.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1kimbo5c0Ak

Cc lalastica Ishilove Seun

Re: Nigeria did not hire South African Mercenaries to fight Boko haram by Mobsync(m): 4:16pm On May 12, 2015
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