A official with Russia’s Federal Service for Military-Technical Cooperation told RIA Novosti at the sidelines of Africa Aerospace and Defense 2016 that two Mi-35 helicopters will be delivered to Nigeria by end of this year.
By Ministério da Defesa [CC BY 2.0], via Wikimedia Commons
All 12 aircraft will be in the country by 2018. Nigeria signed a contract in October 2015 for the attack helicopters.