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Nigeria will not send troops

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    Nigeria will not contribute troops to the West African intervention force mandated by the Abuja peace accord for Guinea Bissau, PANA reported on Saturday. Nigerian leader General Abdulsalami Abubakar told the agency in Dakar: “Nigeria’s hands are full. We cannot send soldiers to Guinea Bissau.” Nigeria provides the bulk of 15,000-20,000 ECOMOG troops in Sierra Leone where a major effort is underway to put down a rebellion. However, Abubakar said Nigeria would help provide logistics and make other facilities available to ensure peace returns to Guinea Bissau.

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