Via Thisday:
"As the dust raised by
the seizure of the $9.3million cash belonging to the Nigerian government by
South African authorities is yet to settle, more facts have emerged on
why Nigeria resorted to black market option of procuring arms in
prosecuting its ongoing battle with insurgents in the North-east.
THISDAY gathered that
rather than going through its traditional allies – United States and Britain –
to procure the needed military hardware for the prosecution of the war on
terror and insurgents, Nigeria opted for the ‘black market’ option because all
efforts to get the needed military supplies through regular and conventional
channels had been frustrated by the US, which had consistently accused Nigerian
military and security agencies of human rights violations in the ongoing
campaign in the North-east.
Even though the US had
been significantly involved in helping Nigeria tackle its security challenges
through various high-level meetings involving officials of both countries, it
has however been dithering on the delivery of weapons ordered to sustain the
on-going counter-terrorism and counter-insurgency operations against Boko Haram
insurgents."
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