US has started sending arms to Nigeria – Report

Some emerging indications that the United States' government is
sending arms to the Nigerian military in its efforts to crush Boko
Haram.
The revealation that the US is sending arms to Nigeria came on the
heels of the US Ambassador to Nigeria, James Entwistle's revelation in
an interview with a source that the US government never placed arms
embargo on Nigeria.
"There's been a lot of misunderstanding on this issue before, during
and after President Muhammadu Buhari's visit to Washington. Let me be
clear about a couple of things. One, we had worked very closely with
Nigeria on the Leahy Amendment….The second piece of misinformation,
which has been bandied about in (newspapers') headlines, is that the
US has lifted its arms embargo on Nigeria. There was never an arms
embargo," Entwistle said.
According toRadio France Internationale, the US Defence Security
Cooperation Agency records show that the country's Department of
Defence is set to transfer military material to Nigeria.
TheRFInoted that a DSCA list of "so-called Excess Defence Articles"
slated for Nigeria indicated that the US Army was about to transfer
Caiman trucks, armoured vehicles designed "to defeat current and
emerging threats," according to their manufacturer, British-based BAE
Systems.
TheRFIadded that the US government was also sending armoured vehicles
known as MaxxPro MRAP (Mine Resistant Ambush Protected), made by
Navistar Defence, an Illinois company, and Israeli-based Plasan Sasa.
It is unclear which Nigerian military units will receive the
equipment, but the report said that the US government had confirmed
that deliveries were pending.
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