STTEP International is a
private military company founded in 2006. Their name reflecting their expertise in Specialised Tasks, Training, Equipment and Protection.
STTEP was hired by the Nigerian government in 2015 to provide military training for the
offensive against
Boko Haram
Boko Haram, officially known as Jama'at Ahl al-Sunna li al-Da'wa wa al-Jihad (), is a self-proclaimed jihadist militant group based in northeastern Nigeria and also active in Chad, Niger, northern Cameroon, and Mali. In 2016, the group spli ...
. Its former chairman,
Eeben Barlow, who resigned 30 September 2020, was the founder of the South African PMC
Executive Outcomes
Executive Outcomes is a private military company (PMC) founded in South Africa in 1989 by Eeben Barlow, a former lieutenant-colonel of the South African Defence Force. It later became part of the South African-based holding company Strategic ...
,
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
Private military contractors
Companies of Gibraltar
Business services companies established in 2006
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