Head of the United States Congress
Committee delegation on Judiciary to Nigeria, Mr. Darrel Issa, said his country
may be considering lifting its arms embargo on Nigeria soon, ITRealms reports.
Issa was interacting with the press
after meeting with the nation’s defence and military chiefs at the National
Defence College, Abuja, recently. He said that military chiefs and the American
delegation talked elaborately on the issue of an enlarged support in the area
of aerial surveillance critical to the fight against the insurgency and the
theft of the nation’s crude oil resources, ITRealms also reports.
Issa said the US had commenced the
process of lifting the restrictions of the Leahy Law on Nigeria because of the
recent moves to professionalize the military by the Chief of Defence Staff and
the service chiefs.
Besides, he stated that the US was
relying on President MohammaduBuhari and the military chiefs to rebuild the
trust of Nigerians in the military as an institution that would protect the
citizenry.
The Leahy Law, ITRealms gathered, is a human rights law of the US, which prevents
the State Department and the Department of Defense from selling arms and
ammunition to countries whose militaries are believed to have committed brazen
acts of rights violation.
The Punch report said the refusal of the US Government to sell arms to
the country because of the Leahy Amendment, forced the country, under President
Goodluck Jonathan, to explore other options including the black market to get
desperately needed arms and ammunition to halt the advances of the Boko Haram
in 2014.
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