STTEP
| Private military company | |
| Founded | 2006 |
Key people |
Eeben Barlow (Chairman) |
| Services | Providing military combat forces including personnel and equipment, law enforcement and training, logistics, and security services |
| Website | http://www.sttepi.com |
Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection International (STTEP) is a private military company founded in 2006. STTEP was hired by the Nigerian government in 2015 to provide military training for the offensive against Boko Haram.[1] Its chairman, Eeben Barlow, was the founder of the South African PMC Executive Outcomes,[2] which ceased operations in 1998.
Though the company remains secretive about its contracts, it claims to have operated throughout Africa, the Far East, the Middle East and Central America.
References
- ↑ Freeman, Colin (10 May 2015). "South African mercenaries' secret war on Boko Haram". The Telegraph. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
Run by Colonel Eeben Barlow, a former commander in the South African Defence Force, the group of bush warfare experts were recruited in top secrecy in January to train an elite strike group within Nigeria's disorganised, demoralised army.
- ↑ Murphy, Jack (1 April 2015). "Eeben Barlow Speaks Out (Pt. 1): PMC and Nigerian Strike Force Devastates Boko Haram". SOFREP. Retrieved 17 May 2015.
Barlow is well known for founding Executive Outcomes...
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