The White House has officially given the go-
ahead for the sale of military planes to
Nigeria to aid in the fight against Islamist
militant group Boko Haram.
According to AP news agency, President
Donald Trump told Nigeria’s President
Buhari in a phone conversation back in
February that he supported the deal said to
be worth up to $600m (£490m).
The deal was agreed by the Obama
administration, but was reportedly halted on
the day it was due to be sent to Congress,
after a catastrophic incident involving the
Nigerian military led to 90 people, mainly
women and children getting killed in
January when the Nigerian Air Force
mistakenly bombed a camp in the country’s
north-east, which was hosting thousands of
those who had fled Boko Haram.
