The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has stated that no amount of false accusations will distract the military from fulfilling its constitutional mandate to protect the nation’s territorial integrity.
His comment follows the outcome of an investigative panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission to review human rights allegations against the military in the North East.
The panel was established to investigate a report published by Reuters, which accused the military of conducting a secret, systematic, and illegal abortion programme in the North East, terminating at least 10,000 pregnancies of women and girls, many of whom had been kidnapped and raped by Islamist militants.
After concluding its investigation, the panel stated that it found no evidence to support the claim that the Nigerian military operated a secret programme or had a policy of illegal abortions based on witness testimonies.
However,…