British Government Donates N1 bn In Technical Equipment To  Nigerian Army, Trains Soldiers On Counter-Insurgency Tactics.

The United Kingdom has donated non-lethal military equipment worth up to one billion Naira (£450,000) to Nigeria’s Armed Forces.

This strengthens the ongoing partnership between the British military and the Nigerian Armed Forces. According to a statement, the donation will help Nigeria fight violent extremist organisations in the country’s northeast.

According to a statement signed on Friday by Atinuke Akande-Alegbe, Senior Communications & Public Diplomacy Officer, Foreign Commonwealth and Development Office (FCDO), British High Commission, the equipment donation complements a new and significant package of courses delivered by the British Military.

Akande-Alegbe stated that a team of 20 British Army personnel is currently living and working in Maiduguri, delivering a course aimed at improving the critical skills required for continued operations against violent extremist organisations in the North East.

According to Akande-Alegbe, the equipment was handed over to the Joint Task Force North East (JTF NE) Theatre Commander, Major General Wahidi Shaibu, during a ceremony in Maiduguri.

After the training programme

Colonel Martin Leach, Deputy Head of British Defence Staff (West Africa) and Commander of British Military Training Teams in Nigeria, stated at the ceremony, “I am delighted to be here today to hand over this equipment and mark another development in the strong partnership between the United Kingdom and Nigeria.” The United Kingdom supports Nigeria in its ongoing fight against violent extremist organisations in the North East.

According to the statement, seven additional courses will be delivered between now and February 2025 to train Nigerian Army personnel in the specialist skills required for future operations in Nigeria’s North East.

According to the statement, UK personnel are currently assigned to the Theatre Counter-IED Coordination Cell in Maiduguri, where they are working with Nigerian counterparts to develop intelligence on terror networks that use IEDs to kill civilians and military personnel.