Nigeria: ‘Soldiers using Soviet-era weapons to fight well-equipped Boko Haram’

[TomSea]

‘Soldiers using Soviet-era weapons to fight well-equipped Boko Haram’
September 22 2019

Some military commanders engaged in the fight against Boko Haram say the Nigerian army uses outdated weapons to fight the insurgents who often deploy sophisticated weapons during battle.

The weapons used by the troops are said to be from the Soviet Union era, and some were procured during the era of former president Shehu Shagari, which was between 1979 and 1983.

In 2018, TheCable investigated how soldiers deployed to fight Boko Haram wear slippers to the battlefront, beg for food, and sleep in classrooms.

Read more at: https://www.thecable.ng/soldiers-using-soviet-era-weapons-to-fight-well-equipped-boko-haram

The comment is spot on, who is equipping Boko Haram???

[Free Vulcan]

This kind of mystifies me. For Africa, Nigeria is a fairly wealthy country due to the oil revenue. You'd think they could afford better.

Also kind of curious who's financing Boko Haram.