US government donates special military vehicles to the Nigerian Army

The United States on Thursday donated 24 mine-resistant, ambush-protected vehicles to the Nigerian military, to enable the country’s soldiers to combat Boko Haram Islamic insurgents who continued cutting a bloody path through northeast Nigeria.


The armoured vehicles, which arrived the country on New Year day, were part of the US government’s Excess Defence Articles Programme, a programme designed to transfer excess US military equipment to partner nations.‎ Eight more of the vehicles are expected to arrive the country soon.