Nigeria: The Government of Germany on Monday through the office of The Permanent Secretary, German Foreign Office, Mr. Markus Elderer confirmed that it would begin the
supply of military hardware to support Nigeria’s effort to address
security challenges in the Northeast and Niger Delta region of the country, before the end of
2016.
Mr. Markus Elderer,
made this known during a chat session with the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) on the
sideline of the defence session of the Nigeria-Germany Bi-National
Commission meeting in Abuja.
He said the decision to support Nigerian security forces in their
counter-insurgency operations was the German government’s response to a
request made by President Muhammadu Buhari at the last G-7 summit hosted
by Germany.
According to Mr. Markus Elderer, the equipment to be supplied to Nigeria are ground
surveillance equipment, anti-mine equipment and gun boats, among others.
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