The United States is ready to provide military training to help Nigeria’s battle against Islamic extremists, the leader of a US Congressional delegation said here.

Nigeria’s military is not outgunned by Boko Haram and needs training, not arms, to defeat the insurgents blamed for the deaths of thousands in three countries, said Rep. Darrell Issa.
Issa spoke after his four-person bipartisan delegation met with President Muhammadu Buhari and military service chiefs.

Issa’s statement contradicts Buhari who asserted, after meeting President Barack Obama at the White House last month, that the United States is aiding Boko Haram by refusing to sell attack helicopters to Nigeria.

The US Leahy Law prohibits all aid to specific military units which have been found to violate human rights. In the case of Nigeria, US officials have said that some units have been vetted and deemed eligible for assistance, and others have not. Amnesty International has accused Nigeria of killing without due process an estimated 8,000 people suspected of involvement with Boko Haram.

“The number one thing we bring is professional training” to help the Nigerian forces fight Boko Haram and to advise them how to treat insurgents and civilians captured in the war zone, said Issa, a Republican from California and member of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism. Nigeria’s military “doesn’t lack basic firearms … it lacks training” in military strategy and in international and humanitarian laws.

“This is a military that was allowed to fall into disrepair during the previous administration. Morale is low when training is low,” said Issa.

He said Obama’s pledge to give whatever training is needed signals “a new day” in U.S.-Nigeria relations. Buhari has pledged to annihilate Boko Haram and fight Nigeria’s serious corruption problem.

http://www.metronaija.com/2015/08/nigerias-military-needs-training-not.html

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nice

Funny country

Tell them

Ok

Truth is bitter

US is right

Where are the lying liars...BB aka DD supporters food is done....come twist it as usual...

we had a lots of training now huh Mr""which kind training u wan may do again sir we just needs arm's kawai

Exactly! Boko Haram use same weapons as them

Real matters, true talk cus this nigeria arm force men are babaric, cruel and non human right respecters, they need real training.

another story

This thread will get hot soon

Meaning that those who have been saying that what we need is "sophisticated" weapons have been telling lies
Propagandists we hail thee....
The US, your nanny has just told you that you have enough crayons, but you still need to learn to write your "A.B.Cs"

oh really dancing shoki, shoki.
APC think America be mumu .......

Nigerian military surely needs training to improve to UK standards but not to US. The US military is gay, the US Priests are gay and the entire US society is polluting, too permissive and corrupting. The US has agenda that it is pursuing on Nigeria. The US has overstretched her Faith that s is now an atheist.

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Tell that to that Daura dulli that called himself the presido