A team of military personnel from the United States of America is in
the country to train the Nigerian army on standards of international rules and
guidelines for detainee operations.
Meanwhile the Provost marshal of the Nigerian Army, Major General
Patrick Akem said the four day workshop will deepen the practices of the
Nigeria military detainee operations as well as enhance the collective
performance in the security architecture of the nation.
The almost five year Boko Haram insurgency in the country's north east
has thrown up a number of challemges for the Nigerian military amidst serious
accusations of human rights violations.
Maj. Gen. Patrick Akem, Provost Marshall, Nigerian Army said, "In
the course of carrying out some of the professions we are carrying out,
sometimes we take in detainees. So we are working with the Americans to improve
our credibility."
The four day training by a team of American military personnel which
covers a broad are of detainee operations with shared experiences acquired from
fighting terrorism in Afghanistan and Iraq.
The Nigerian military has consistently denied accusations of human
rights abuses in its counterterrorism operations in the North east. But the
interactions as it states will further add some building blocks to the
capabilities already acquired on international best practices.
Maj. Patrick said, "Just bringing them over will be able to impact
some set of skills that our own officers and soldiers can apply as we support
the Nigerian Army to conduct the operations that we are involved in."
The detainee operations workshop may have been put together to end the
seeming conflict of interest between Nigeria and the United States over the
fight against the Boko Haram insurgents.
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