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    How Corruption in the Nigerian Army Fuels Boko Haram

    Officials have stolen $15 billion in federal defense funds, resulting in an army that is ill-equipped and unprepared.
    by Mirren Gidda Jun 16, 2017 3 minutes
    Soldiers ride on the back of a vehicle along a street in Gombe, Nigeria on January 30, 2015. Nigerian soldiers have reported a scarcity of resources, despite the military receiving hundreds of millions of dollars in government funds.
    Nigerian soldiers

    Earlier this year, Nigerian Lieutenant Colonel T.J. Abdallah found himself under investigation by senior military officials. His offense: He criticized them on a WhatsApp messaging group. Describing them as “Nollywood actors” (Nigeria’s version of Hollywood), Abdallah said they had failed to provide his men with the weapons and equipment they needed to fight Boko Haram, the militant group that has waged an armed insurgency in Nigeria since 2009.

    But if the colonel’s criticisms are right, his men’s

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