RESTRICTION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE USE OF ACQUIRED WEAPONS OUTSIDE THE NORTH-EAST. NEO-COLONIALISM ?
RESTRICTION BY THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA ON THE USE OF ACQUIRED WEAPONS OUTSIDE THE NORTH-EAST. NEO-COLONIALISM ? For the past couple of months, there has been growing pressure on the Federal Government of Nigeria to label the bandits operating in the North-Western part of the country as terrorist organizations. This pressure ascended as facts emerged that there are clauses embedded in the weapon sales agreement between the United States of America and the Federal Republic of Nigeria. Preventing the Federal Republic of Nigeria from using the weapons outside the North East. It is the belief shared by some groups that the labeling of bandits as terrorists would raise international awareness of the activities of these groups in the North West, which would make it possible to unleash weapons placed under restrictions by the United States on the terrorists. Ordinarily, it would be easy to dismiss the restriction clause on the grounds that it does not bind Nigeria, having failed to meet