US Sells N181 Billion Warplanes, Weapons To Nigerian Government

- The US government has agreed to sell
warplanes and weapons to Nigeria to fight
Boko Haram insurgents
- Boko Haram insurgency has claimed many
lives and property especially in the
northern part of Nigeria in the last few
years
- The federal government is expected to
receive a formal notification within weeks,
setting in motion the deal with Nigeria
The Pentagon has informed the US Congress
of the sale of 12 Super Tucano A-29 ground
attack aircraft and weapons to Nigeria to
fight the Boko Haram sect in the northern
part of Nigeria.
According to Reuters, the Pentagon
communicated the sale of the 12 ground
attack aircraft valued at $593m (N181bn) to
the US Congress on Monday August 28.
NAIJ gathered that the report quoted
Pentagon’s Defence Security Cooperation
Agency as having made the announcement
to the US legislature.
The Super Tucano A-29, “an agile, propeller-
driven plane with reconnaissance and
surveillance as well as attack capabilities is
made by Brazil’s Embraer.”
Nigeria is expected to receive formal
notification within weeks, setting in motion
the deal with Nigeria.
They added that the arrangement would call
for Nigeria purchasing up to 12 Embraer
A-29 Super Tucano aircraft with
sophisticated targeting gear. Nigeria is
expected to cough out $600m for the
weapon.
Meanwhile, NAIJ had previously
reported that the New York Times, an
American based media asked the President
Barack Obama-led administration to block
the sale of 12 attack aircrafts to Nigeria.