Centre for International and Strategic Studies (CISS), has exonerated the Nigerian Army from the allegations of systemic, illegal abortion leveled against the
“Part one of the report labeled ‘the abortionist assault’ declares that in the bid to end insurgency in the North East, the Nigerian military has since 2013 carried out a secret abortion programme in the North East and have terminated at least 10000 pregnancies among women and young girls believed to have been impregnated by members of the Boko Haram sect.
The centre stated that given the slanderous Reuters’ report, “it is necessary therefore, to set the records straight so that Nigerians and the international community will understand who the actual enemy is”. The report expressed worry why Reuters left reporting on the NGO such as the Marie Stopes International Global Partnership, a British NGO that “is responsible for such crimes to be attacking the Nigerian military that is going about its duties responsibly and professionally.”
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