FG cancels ongoing training of Nigerian Army battalion by US

The Nigerian government has canceled the ongoing training of the Nigerian Army battalion by the US government. This was revealed in a statement by the Public Affairs Section, United States, Diplomatic Mission to Nigeria, Abuja. Read statement below;

“At the request of the Nigerian government, the United States will discontinue its training of a Nigerian Army battalion. Based on mutual assessment of the Nigerian Army and U.S. trainers, a third iteration of training was agreed upon 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.”