Three US military aircraft wey carry troops and weapons don land Maiduguri, Borno state capital, e mark say new bilateral security deployment don start wey go focus on support role, officials talk.

Officials for Nigeria Defence Headquarters tell Anadolu say about 100 US troops reach Nigeria between Thursday and Sunday as part of initial deployment, and more flights don schedule for the coming weeks.

"As dem talk last week, the American troops go focus on non-combat functions and dem go operate mainly from command centres. Their job na to support our efforts for here," one official wey talk on condition say dem no use im name tell Anadolu on Monday.

For comments wey Anadolu don report before, Maj. Gen. Samaila Uba, spokesperson for Nigerian Defence Headquarters, explain say US personnel "do not serve in a combat capacity and will not assume a direct operational role."

Wetin US dey criticize

This development come as US President Donald Trump don dey put renewed pressure; im don criticize how Nigeria dey handle attacks wey dey target Christian communities.

Nigerian government deny this, talk say even though Christian communities don suffer deadly attacks, Muslim civilians and other people dem too don die for large numbers inside the ongoing violence.

Meanwhile, Nigeria don intensify domestic security measures, as army authorities announce deployment of special forces go Plateau and Taraba states wey don get recurring violence.

Even though Nigerian officials no specify how long the US presence go last, American authorities don indicate say the deployment na temporary.