The United States has offered to send a special contingent to Nigeria to help in the fight against Boko Haram.
According to a statement issued on Friday, February 26, 2016 by the United States Africa Command (USAFRICOM), the Special Operations Command Africa (SOCAFRICA) which is a component of the USAFRICOM would send a platoon-sized team (meaning a group of between 12-30 troops) in order to conduct preliminary assessment of the situation on ground.
A part of the statement read: “At the request of the Nigerian government, the SOCAFRICA (Special Operations Command Africa) component of USAFRICOM conducted a preliminary assessment regarding the feasibility of resuming a limited advise-and-assist mission alongside select Nigerian units.”
It would be recalled that the US recently sent a 300-man military team to Cameroon to tackle the menace of Boko Haram.