Boko Haram: Top Reasons Why USA Refuses To Help Nigeria

The United States refused to sell military weapons to Nigeria in order fight against terrorism in the country, and this has caused quite a lot of fury in Nigeria.

The Nigeria’s ambassador to the US has criticized Washington for refusing to sell its government’s “lethal” weapons to fight militant Islamists.

The US has now revealed their reasons for not helping.

The U.S. first warned the world that 10 Generals of the Nigerian Army were among 15 officers being secretly investigated for passing sensitive information to Boko Haram.

They verified that due to the likely high level sabotage, the only way to release the Chibok girls would be through high powered negotiations since any attempt to embark on a rescue operation would likely be sabotaged, risking the lives of both the Chibok Girls and the US troops.

The American military officials disclosed that funds meant for the welfare of troops while in the combat zone is being cheated from the top, and they fingered top political sources and their military collaborators.

The U.S. military officials revealed that in some cases where enough ammunition were issued, as in the case of Mohammed Kur Barracks, Bama, that officers deliberately misled their troops to abandon their position including caches of weapons and armory for use by the insurgents.

The U.S. considers that the moment Boko Haram overran the prestigious Police Moblie Training Facility in Gwoza, the Nigerian Police Force lost its pride to the insurgents, and gave them the boost to plot the fall of Bama and the ill-fated march to Maiduguri though Konduga, which was halted by soldiers and civilian JTF by the mercy of God. 

America is still wondering how guns which belongs to the Nigerian Army easily gets into the hands of the insurgents and they are still examining all the routes through which the Nigerian Army allegedly gave or sold the weapons to them.

The Heroic welcome the ruling PDP gave the political founder of Boko Haram, and former Governor of Borno State, Ali Modu Sheriff, and how an airport closed for months over security concerns, was opened just for the use of the former governor, was a political mis-step from Jonathan’s men which raised concerns within the US.

The interior disruption which led to the failed phased release of the Chibok girls was a source of worry, especially when it was discovered that two groups played role in the botched operation independently, without the knowledge of the other.

The U.S. believes that if the Nigerian Government grips high level corruption, rates of poverty, unemployment and social unrest will reduce drastically and the insurgents may find the business of bloodletting unattractive.

Nigeria needed support to deliver the “killer punch”, not “light jabs” against the Boko Haram group, Prof. Adebowale Ibidapo Adefuye earlier said.