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Nigerian Army orders twenty-eight Ezugwu MRAP

Ekene Lionel by Ekene Lionel
November 13, 2019
in Army, Defence Industry
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The Nigerian Army on Tuesday 12 November concluded agreement with the Defence Industries Corporation of Nigeria (DICON) and the Command Engineering Depot (CED) to manufacture twenty-eight Ezugwu Mines Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles to support ongoing counterterrorism operations.

The agreement was signed by the Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Yusufu Buratai, represented by the Chief of Policy and Plans, ‘Army’ Lt Gen Lamidi Adeosun and the Director General of DICON, Maj Gen Victor Ezugwu at the Army Headquarters Abuja.

The Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai disclosed during the signing that this procurement was done in order to reduce reliance on foreign made vehicles and other million equipment.

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“We are gathered here today to actualise one of the lofty dreams of the army in reducing challenges of having to rely on everything from outside Nigeria in terms of lethal equipment for Nigerian Army.”

Chief of Army Staff, Lt Gen Tukur Buratai

According to Lt Gen Buratai, the first set of Ezugwu MRAP will be ready by December and will be immediately deployed to the embattled northeastern region.

‘We have passed the phase of research and development, we are in full production,” he said.

Ezugwu MRAP

Ezugwu MRAP was manufactured to replace obsolete combat vehicles in the Nigerian Army’s inventory.

It can resist Improvised explosive and mine blast up to 12 kg under the vehicle.

The Ezugwu MRAP features a double enclosed turret which can traverse 360 degrees. Both turrets can mount various types of heavy weapons including a 12.7 mm machine gun.

Nigerian Military Industrial Complex

The protracted war to defeat the dreaded Boko Haram terrorists exposes the flaw in lacking a viable indigenous defence industrial complex.

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The lack of a credible Nigerian made weapons production capacity has severely limits the Nigerian military’s campaign against the Jihadi group Boko Haram. 

However, on account of the counter-terrorism operations, newer and modern weapons are being brought into service faster than before.

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