The United States has confirmed that a small team of ground troops has been deployed to Nigeria following renewed security cooperation between both countries. The disclosure was made by the commander of United States Africa Command, General Dagvin Anderson, during a press briefing on Tuesday.
General Anderson said the deployment followed discussions with President Bola Tinubu during a meeting in Rome late last year. He said the US team brings specialised capabilities to support Nigeria’s ongoing security operations, though he did not disclose the size of the team or when it arrived in the country.
The announcement marks the first public acknowledgement of US troops operating on Nigerian soil since air strikes ordered by President Donald Trump on December 25, when US forces targeted terrorist enclaves in Bauni forest in Tangaza Local Government Area of Sokoto State. The strikes followed Nigeria’s redesignation by the United States as a country of particular concern.
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In recent weeks, the US under-secretary of state, Allison Hooker, led a delegation from eight federal agencies to Abuja for bilateral talks with Nigerian security officials, led by the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
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