Under a New Defense Agreement, Turkey will Train 200 Nigerian Special Forces Soldiers

According to the Anadolu agency, General Christopher Musa told Turkish media, “We have agreed to move into training, production, and improving on our defense industry cooperation.” Over the weekend, Musa met with Yaşar Güler, his Turkish counterpart, at the Antalya Diplomacy Forum 2026.

200 members of the Nigerian army’s special forces would be dispatched to Turkey right away for training, according to the country’s defense minister. throughout addition to radical Islamists from Boko Haram and its rival breakaway group, the Islamic State West Africa Province, Nigeria is also beset by armed criminal gangs known as bandits who steal, murder, and abduct throughout the northwest.

The nation must also deal with the growing security issue in the Sahel, a large area that borders the southern Sahara desert and has made it possible for terrorists to spread throughout West Africa.

In recent months, Nigeria’s long-standing security issues have angered the United States, with President Donald Trump asserting that Christians in the nation are subject to “persecution.” Nigeria has tried to diversify its security partners in an effort to lessen its dependency on the United States.

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