Photos Of Special Forces Units In Boko Haram War

The Nigerian Army has been deploying state-of-the-art military equipment in the war against the Boko Haram insurgents in the North East.

A Bofors FH77B 155mm artillery piece and an IGIRIGI APC (Nigerian Army’s
locally manufactured vehicle) at the frontlines.


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An upgunned Steyr 4K 7FA armoured personnel carrier featuring a 14.5mm machine gun at the frontlines.

A Chinese-built Big Foot mine-resistant ambush protected (MRAP) vehicle of the Nigerian Army at the frontlines.

A REVA MRAP, a 73mm gun-armed BMP-1 infantry fighting vehicle & a T-72M1 tank during the operation against the Boko Haram insurgents in Sambisa Forest.

A Czech-made RM-70 122mm multiple launch rocket system of the Nigerian Army.

A Boko Haram anti-aircraft gun seized by the Nigerian military during the liberation of Monguno.

Big Foot MRAP vehicle of the Nigerian Army on a mission.

Mechanics and drivers of the Nigerian Army completed a two-week training in the operation, maintenance and repair of special KrAZ truck during 4th quarter of the year 2014 in Ukraine.

Naij.com has gathered up some more photos of the military hardware and its operators.

A Nigerian soldier is seen near an Otokar Cobra Armoured Personnel Carrier
(APC) and a Land Cruiser truck at the frontlines in the northeast of the country.

It should be noted that the Nigerian Army has liberated all of the main towns from Boko Haram in the recent months, and saved about 1,000 abducted women and children, in total.

The military was said to have devastated several of the insurgents’ camps and training bases, chased the sect out the Sambisa Forest and arrested some men for sponsoring and supporting the terrorists.

Meanwhile, isolated suicide bombings have continued. But after more than six years of plague, the terrorists seem to have been transformed from the hunters to the hunted.

Only five months ago Boko Haram was causing chaos in the North East, apparently able to launch attacks at will and controlling the territories as large as the European country of Belgium (over 30,500 sq.km).

A failure to stop insurgency played a part in the political collapse of the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, the first Nigerian president to concede defeat at the poll, amid promises by his contender, Muhammadu Buhari, to “crush” the terrorism.