Nigerian Military Sent To Russia, China For Training On How To Fight Bokoham

 

                     Nigeria turns to Russia and China for the training of its military as well as acquisition of military hardware to fight Boko Haram insurgents.

Nigeria, for years, enjoyed close ties with the West and was seen as a US ally. But the seeming snub or nonchalant attitude towards Nigeria, government decided to turn to the other two world military powers.

According to highly placed military and intelligence sources in Abuja, this decision was an interim measure to roll back the military advances made by the Boko Haram insurgents who have gained some grounds in seizing and controlling some towns and Villages in the north eastern states of Borno and Adamawa.

It was gathered that a group of Nigerian security personnel has been already dispatched to Russia for training as Special Forces to combat the Boko Haram insurgents who are mounting stiff challenge to the Nigerian security services. While another batch made up of the Army, Police, Department of State Services (DSS) billed to leave Nigeria next month to join the other three batches that are already in training.

According to Vanguard investigations, following the increasing sophistication of the Boko Haram terrorists, the Nigerian government approached American and British governments to procure arms for its armed forces in order to effectively counter the insurgents. However, the two western governments have continued to dither, a situation that may have been responsible for some of the gains recorded by terrorists in recent times.