Britain to send fighter jets to combat Boko Haram amidst Nigerian army mutiny

The British government announced today that it would be sending three RAF warplanes to help locate Nigerian schoolgirls kidnapped by the Boko Haram militants.

The fighter bombers will help Nigerian authorities track the movement of militants, a government source told The Times.

The announcement comes as a Northern Nigeria’s riot police training academy was captured by Boko Haram militants today and Nigerian soldiers refused to fight the Boko Haram militants until they received better equipment. 

“The Nigerian army is not ready to fight Boko Haram”, a soldier told the BBC.

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