Several laws exist ostensibly to regulate and ensure that U.S. security assistance is provided to allies without undermining America’s core values. In 2022, during the Biden administration, Congress blocked a planned shipment of 12 AH-1 Cobra attack helicopters to Nigeria over human rights concern, but this was soon reversed. Consequently, U.S. security assistance to Nigeria has grown exponentially over the past two decades. This is in addition to a program of periodic trainings and joint military drills in which different units of Nigeria’s military have participated. On April 10 last year, an air strike by Nigeria’s air force on a village in Zamfara state meant to eliminate bandits resulted in the killing of 33 people.