The Nigeria Government has halted the training of its military by the United State military. This is coming at the backdrop of a strained relationship between both countries when the United States refused to sell modern warfare weapons to Nigeria.

The US embassy in Nigeria released a statement said “we regret the termination of this training” to help Nigeria’s army fight an Islamic uprising. “At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States will discontinue its training of a Nigerian Army battalion.”

The Nigeria Government has halted the training of its military by the United State military. This is coming at the backdrop of a strained relationship between both countries when the United States refused to sell modern warfare weapons to Nigeria.

The US embassy in Nigeria released a statement said “we regret the termination of this training” to help Nigeria’s army fight an Islamic uprising. “At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States will discontinue its training of a Nigerian Army battalion.”

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

It will be recalled that the Nigerian Ambassador to the US, Adebowale Adefuye accused the US of not supporting Nigeria in the fight against terrorism. Adefuye said the Nigerian Government are dissatisfied with the “scope, nature and content” of US support.

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War against terror: Nigeria tells USA to stop training its military