The frosty relationship between Nigeria and
the United States worsened on Monday with
Nigeria cancelling a training of an Army
Battalion by American security officials.
"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.
The first two phases of training were
conducted between April and August 2014, and
had provided previously untrained civilian
personnel with basic soldiering skills.
"Based on mutual assessment of the Nigerian Army
and US 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," America said.
The US government said it will continue other
aspects of the extensive bilateral security
relationship, as well as all other assistance
programmes with Nigeria.
Posted By David Aniemeka
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