US DEPLOYS GROUND FORCES TO NIGERIA
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By: Fasasi Hammad
The United States has deployed a “small team” of troops to Nigeria following recent security cooperation between the two nations.
Dagvin Anderson, head of US Africa Command (AFRICOM), confirmed the development during a press briefing on Tuesday.
This marks the first acknowledgment of US personnel on Nigerian soil since the Donald Trump administration conducted missile strikes against terrorist targets in Sokoto on Christmas Day.
Anderson said the deployment came after his meeting with President Bola Tinubu in Rome late last year.
“That has led to closer collaboration between our countries, including a small US team bringing unique capabilities to support Nigeria’s efforts over the past several years,” Anderson explained.
He did not disclose further details, and it remains unclear when the team arrived in Nigeria.
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Earlier, Allison Hooker, US under-secretary of state, led a delegation from eight federal agencies to Abuja for a bilateral working group meeting with Nigerian security officials.
Nuhu Ribadu, Nigeria’s national security adviser, headed the Nigerian delegation.
The meeting followed Nigeria’s redesignation as a “country of particular concern” (CPC) during the Trump administration.
Previously, Trump had threatened to send troops into Nigeria “guns-a-blazing to wipe out the terrorists killing our Christians,” and on December 25, US airstrikes targeted two terrorist enclaves in Bauni Forest, Tangaza LGA, Sokoto State.
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