“For this year, for example, we have about 130 military personnel here. Next year, more than 300 are coming to offer training and particularly improve the Army’s resilience to Improvised Explosive Devices,” he said.

The spokesman of the British High Commission in Abuja, Mr Joe Abugu, said in a statement released on Tuesday that UK had also resumed training of Nigerian soldiers

The training

“The training uplift announced by Fallon supports work already carried out by the UK’s resident British Military Advisory and Training Team (BMATT).

Almost 1,000 Nigerian soldiers have benefited from the training to prepare them for counter-insurgency operations in Boko Haram held areas.

"These have included, training in infantry skills, civil-military affairs, media operations, command and leadership, IED-awareness, and support to Nigerian military training schools and establishments.

"Together with our continued support to a Nigerian intelligence and analysis cell focused on the North-East and based in Abuja, almost 30 UK military personnel are now deployed in Nigeria on an enduring basis in training and advisory roles,” the statement added.