![]() ![]() ![]() It procured 12 A-29 Super Tucano fighter jets, 10 Super Mushshak fighter planes, five Mi-35M attack helicopters, four Augusta 109 helicopters, three J-F 17 Thunder jets, two Bell 412 helicopters, and two MI 171-E helicopters. The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) acquired 38 aircraft since President Buhari assumed office in 2015. The procurement of more and advanced equipment was designed to contain the spiralling security challenges as the nation battled insurgents, bandits, rogue herdsmen, unknown gunmen, and oil theives in multiple theatres of operation, a situation that claimed over 100,000 civilians and security personnel in 14 years. More than any other time since the return of democratic rule in 1999, the Nigerian Armed Forces received more equipment and increased weaponry from the federal government during the outgoing administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Kingsley Nwezeh examines the unprecedented massive procurement of military equipment by the outgoing President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration to boost the fighting capacity of the Nigerian Armed Forces ![]()
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