Nigeria Blasts US Over Boko Haram
Disappointed by the refusal of the United States to help
Nigeria procure military weapons to combat Boko Haram, the federal government
has now openly expressed its dissatisfaction with the American government
decision, arguing that the Americans were letting Nigeria down at her hour of
need, Empowered Newswire reports.
While receiving a delegation of the U.S. Council on Foreign
Relations yesterday, the Nigerian Ambassador to the United States, Professor
Ade Adefuye said both the Nigerian people and the government feel abandoned by
America.
“I am sad to inform you that the Nigerian leadership:
military and political, and even the general populace, are not satisfied with
the scope, nature and content of the United States’ support for us in our
struggle against terrorists.”
“We find it difficult to understand how and why in spite of
the U.S. presence in Nigeria with their sophisticated military technology, Boko
Haram should be expanding and becoming more deadly”.
“The U.S. Government has up till today refused to grant
Nigeria’s request to purchase lethal equipment that would have brought down the
terrorists within a short time on the basis of the allegations that Nigeria’s
defence forces have been violating human rights of Boko Haram suspects when
captured or arrested.”
Indeed the US government had equally explained that it would
not be selling military weapons to Nigeria due to human rights allegations
against the Nigerian military.
But Mr. Adefuye, in his meeting with the Council on Foreign
Relations, dismissed such allegations.
