Friday, March 13, 2015
Mercenaries fighting against Boko Haram reportedly earns $400 a day
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Speculations are rife that Nigeria has brought in hundreds of mercenaries from Eastern Europe to boost the ongoing war against Islamic terrorist sect, Boko Haram.
According to Reuters, Eastern European mercenaries have teamed up with their counterparts from South-Africa and Nigerian soldiers in fighting the insurgents
Reuters' report stated that rumours about the use of foreign mercenaries against Boko Haram increased early in the month "when pictures surfaced on Twitter" showing Armoured Personnel Carriers vehicles on a street in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The image which appeared on Twitter on March 6, showed a white man clad in a khaki, a tee-shirt and body armour.
He was standing beside a heavy-calibre machine gun on top of one of the sand-coloured APCs as the column drove through the streets at dusk.
Meanwhile, according to Punch newspapers, security and diplomatic sources said the number of the mercenaries was much more than the hundred or so previously reported.
Punch's report quoted the West African security source as saying that the foreign fighters were being paid around $400 a day, while a South African defence contractor was said to have confirmed that South African company leaders were involved in the deployment of the mercenaries.
According to Reuters, Eastern European mercenaries have teamed up with their counterparts from South-Africa and Nigerian soldiers in fighting the insurgents
Reuters' report stated that rumours about the use of foreign mercenaries against Boko Haram increased early in the month "when pictures surfaced on Twitter" showing Armoured Personnel Carriers vehicles on a street in Maiduguri, Borno State.
The image which appeared on Twitter on March 6, showed a white man clad in a khaki, a tee-shirt and body armour.
He was standing beside a heavy-calibre machine gun on top of one of the sand-coloured APCs as the column drove through the streets at dusk.
Meanwhile, according to Punch newspapers, security and diplomatic sources said the number of the mercenaries was much more than the hundred or so previously reported.
Punch's report quoted the West African security source as saying that the foreign fighters were being paid around $400 a day, while a South African defence contractor was said to have confirmed that South African company leaders were involved in the deployment of the mercenaries.
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