Nigeria president says US 'aiding and abetting' Boko Haram

President Muhammadu Buhari has alleged that the US aided and abetted the Boko Haram Islamist group by refusing to provide weapons to Nigeria fight the militants. 

A US law prevents the government from selling arms to countries which fail to tackle human rights abuses.

Mr Buhari met President Barack Obama in Washington to seek further assistance 

Boko Haram has killed some ten thousand people since 2009 and also kidnapped hundreds of girls and women.  

Last month, human rights group Amnesty International said that some eight thousand men and boys have died in Nigerian military custody after being detained as suspected militants.

BBC