article_snippet: But even now, We may not know the degree of linkages as to how much funds are coming in from them, the kind of volume of weapons coming in from them, the nationalities coming from them. '
article_snippet: The foreign 'soldiers of fortune' were allegedly pictured on Twitter riding armoured vehicles through Maiduguri - the regional capital of Nigeria's north-east which has been besieged by terrorism.
article_snippet: The insurgents have killed thousands in bomb attacks and violent sieges on villages in the remote north-east, and are now feared to be spilling over into neighbouring Cameroon and Chad.
article_snippet: The UN has called on the international community to supply Nigeria with arms and support but there have already been reports of hundreds of South African mercenaries in Nigeria
article_snippet: (pictured) Armed support: These pictures emerged on Twitter and appear to show 'soldiers of fortune' - in the north-east's capital of Maiduguri - who have been recruited to take on Boko Haram in Nigeria .
article_snippet: Members of the UN Security Council have called on the international community to supply money, equipment, troops and intelligence to the five-nation African coalition fighting troops and intelligence.
article_snippet: The United States, Britain, France and the European Union are backing the formation of a multinational force of 8,750 troops led by Nigeria and Chad with contingents from Cameroon, Niger and Benin.
article_snippet: The militants have been waging a six-year insurgency to impose strict Shariah law in Nigeria and earlier this year The militants launched attacks across the border on Cameroon - before striking Niger and Benin and Chad.