Defence Headquarters allays fears over UN fighting vehicle


No cause for alarm over presence of United Nations, UN fighting vehicles, equipment in Nigeria, the Defence Headquarters has assured Nigerians.

In a statement on Tuesday, the Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau was reacting to some video clips circulating in the social media about the presence of some United Nations Peacekeeping fighting vehicles and equipment sighted recently in Benin, Edo state.

It said the fighting vehicles and equipment are being moved through the Warri port to the mission area in Southern Sudan to marry up with UN troops who were inducted into the United Nations Interim Security Force for Abyei, UNISFA mission, Southern Sudan last month.

It explained that presently, Nigeria is contributing troops to various United Nations Peace keeping operations, including UNISFA, South Sudan which is commanded by Major General Benjamin Olufemi Sawyerr; a Nigerian.

The statement assured Nigerians that ”the nation is not under any threat that will warrant the deployment of United Nations troops in our soil”.

Written by Annabel Nwachukwu

naptu2:
Hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

People have never seen UN peacekeeping items in Nigeria and they think it's a big deal.

For your information, Nigeria regularly contributed troops and equipment to United Nations peacekeeping missions between 1960 and 2014. Nigerian Army vehicles are usually painted in peacekeeping colours when they are used for such operations and they often retain the colours many months after they have returned. I have seen this many times over several decades.

Therefore, there is no big deal about vehicles painted in UN peacekeeping colours in Nigeria. That's assuming that those pictures were actually taken in Nigeria.

Below: Nigerian Army Cobra Otokar.

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pquaver:


So warri portis working amd military is using it? And developers no gree person hear word about lagos and seaport? Omo igbo love lagos joor dem no fit ever leave.. Who go leave that place wey Tinubu do well for dem.. The chief obidient lives there talkless of his otimkpus..

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ShaqFu:
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