The Nigerian military has dismissed claims by a senior United States official that American forces seized a large cache of electronic materials from terrorists during an operation in Nigeria and flew the materials out of the country.
Refuting the claims, Director of Defence Information, Brig-Gen Samalia Uba, explained that the materials contained declassified information from previous counter-terrorism operations conducted by the Nigerian Armed Forces, NAF.
Uba said the intelligence materials were voluntarily provided to the United States as part of ongoing counter-terrorism cooperation between both countries.
He noted that the intelligence was not captured by American forces but released by the Nigerian government under an existing security collaboration.
“The materials were given to the US,” Uba said, adding that the development formed part of the longstanding security partnership between Nigeria and the United States.
The clarifications mark the first official response from the Nigerian authorities
