Nigerian Air Force on Thursday, July 22 took delivery of the first batch of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft from the US.
The National Democratic Coalition in the United States of America has condemned the delivery of six A-29 Super Tucano aircraft to Nigeria from the US.
Gabkwet had on July 15 said the aircraft had departed the US and would move through five countries before arrival in Nigeria. “The six helicopters are the first batch of 12 Tucanos approved by the US Congress in 2017 to be sold to Nigeria at $593 million. The agreement includes weapons, training, spares, support, and construction. The approval resulted from the exemption granted to Nigeria by the {Donald) Trump administration from the US Foreign Assistance Act .
“The group wants the US Congress to recall that in January 2017, just before the exemption, the Nigerian military admitted to the ‘mistaken’ killing of hundreds of civilian refugees at Rahn, Borno State Nigeria, who were fleeing Boko Haram.
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