Nigeria cancels US military Training

               

The US mission in Abuja anounned Yesterday December 1st that it has discontinued the training of Nigerian Military Personnel from the request of the Nigerian Government,

“At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States will discontinue its training of a Nigerian Army battalion,” the US Embassy in Abuja said in a statement.

Two initial phases of training had already been completed between April and August this year which provided “previously untrained civilian personnel with basic soldiering skills,” it added.

A third session had been planned “with the intent of developing the battalion into a unit with advanced infantry skills”.

“We regret premature termination of this training, as it was to be the first in a larger planned project that would have trained additional units with the goal of helping the Nigerian Army build capacity to counter Boko Haram,” it said.

The Nigeria government has express dissatisfaction about the US refusal of selling heavy combat military equipment to Nigeria government to help combat the terror group Boko Haram,