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Pix: Chief of Defense Staff, General Christopher Musa<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, has debunked the accusations of Nigerian military conducting forced abortions on women impregnated by Boko Haram insurgents in Northern Nigeria.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Reuters had alleged in its 2022 report that the military secretly terminated at least 10,000 pregnancies as part of its counter-insurgency efforts.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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However, speaking on Channels Television\u2019s Politics Today on Friday, General Musa described the accusations as baseless and a smear campaign by certain non-governmental organisations (NGOs) with ulterior motives.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musa, who was the theatre commander when the claims surfaced, said, \u201cWhenever we are succeeding, they throw this at us to make us look bad.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

He recalled urging former Chief of Defence Staff General Lucky Irabor to investigate the matter thoroughly, confident that no such acts occurred.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWhen this came up, I told General Irabor we should investigate it thoroughly because I was confident nothing like this happened,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

An independent panel set up by the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC) investigated the allegations for over a year, with unrestricted access granted by the military. General Musa, who testified in January 2023, stated that the panel found no evidence supporting the claims.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe NHRC committee investigated this for one and a half years, and I was the first to testify in January 2023. They had complete access to go wherever they wanted, and their report found no evidence of these claims,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The general called for a public apology from those who made the allegations and revealed that the military has approached the Attorney General for legal action. He also criticised the silence of international organisations and NGOs, questioning their failure to report such actions over the alleged 10-year period.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Musa further suggested that the allegations might have originated from NGOs involved in abortion-related programs, challenging their motives and credibility.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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