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Nigeria
military often carries out air strikes to tackle insurgents. AFP
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Nigeria has bought
warplanes and helicopters from Russia and Pakistan following the refusal of the
US to sell arms to the West African state, the Chief of Air Staff, Sadique
Abubakar, has said.
BBC
Africa Live report continues:
The
purchase was aimed at boosting the military in its efforts to end the
insurgency by militant Islamists in the north and oil militants in the south.
The
warplanes and helicopters had been ordered, and were expected to arriive, Air
Marshall Abubakar said.
Despite
appeals from President Muhammadu Buhari's government, the US has refused to
lift its ban on the sale of weapons to Nigeria because of the military's
alleged poor human rights record.
More than 700 Nigerian troops were receiving training in the US, UK, Russia, Pakistan, South Africa and Egypt, Air Marshall Abubakar said.
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