Eben Barlow was CEO of Executive Outcomes, and now of the company running the SA mercs in Nigeria. They all pulled out at the end of their contract, timed to be a few days before the elections in that country. President Goodluck Jonathan. the man that hired them lost the election, despite the huge advances made by the teams.
The SA soldiers brought some proven tactics to the fray. A mixture between Fire Force and Koevoet type mobile fast tracking and hunter/killer patrols kept Boko Haram on the run. Read a summary of the operation here:
http://sofrep.com/40633/eeben-barlow...oy-boko-haram/