American President Donald Trump is planning
to sell up to a dozen aircrafts (The Super Tucano A-29 aircraft) worth $600 million USD to Nigeria's air force for the fight
against the extremist group Boko Haram.
The aircraft made by Brazils' Embraer and a second production line in Florida privately held Sierra
Nevada Corp of Sparks, Nevada is an agile, propeller-driven
plane with reconnaissance and surveillance as well as attack
capabilities.
According to a congressional aide,
Former President Barack Obama's administration originally
agreed on the sale, but delayed it after incidents including the
Nigerian Air Force's bombing of a refugee camp in January that killed 90
to 170 civilians.
"We've been told that the administration is going to go forward with that transaction." A position also confirmed by a senior Nigerian military source in Abuja, Nigeria's capital, confirmed that the sale would go ahead and said it would also involve training, surveillance and military intelligence "to support ... the ongoing insurgency war."
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