{"id":58061,"date":"2024-12-16T10:39:04","date_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:39:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=58061"},"modified":"2024-12-16T10:39:04","modified_gmt":"2024-12-16T10:39:04","slug":"dhq-denies-allegations-of-french-military-base-in-nigeria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2024\/12\/16\/dhq-denies-allegations-of-french-military-base-in-nigeria\/","title":{"rendered":"DHQ denies Allegations of French Military Base in Nigeria"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>By Adenike Lawal<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has refuted claims of plans to establish a French military base in the country, labeling the allegations as &#8220;fake&#8221; and &#8220;mischievous.&#8221;<br \/>\nThis response follows accusations by human rights activist Mahdi Shehu, who alleged in a social media video that French troops had arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State, as part of efforts to set up a base.<br \/>\nShehu further suggested the soldiers&#8217; presence was linked to counterinsurgency operations against Boko Haram, raising concerns about potential exploitation of local resources.<br \/>\nMajor-General Edward Buba, Director of Defence Media Operations, dismissed the claims, emphasizing that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, had consistently denied such reports.<br \/>\nBuba reaffirmed the Armed Forces&#8217; commitment to safeguarding Nigeria&#8217;s territorial integrity and urged the public to disregard unverified information.<br \/>\nThis statement underscores the DHQ\u2019s stance against misinformation and highlights the sensitive nature of foreign military presence in Nigeria, especially amid ongoing security challenges in the northeast.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Adenike Lawal The Nigerian Defence Headquarters (DHQ), has refuted claims of plans to establish a French military base in the country, labeling the allegations as &#8220;fake&#8221; and &#8220;mischievous.&#8221; This response follows accusations by human rights activist Mahdi Shehu, who alleged in a social media video that French troops had arrived in Maiduguri, Borno State, [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":29,"featured_media":58062,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182],"tags":[794,59],"class_list":["post-58061","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","tag-dhq","tag-featured"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58061","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/29"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=58061"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58061\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":58063,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/58061\/revisions\/58063"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/58062"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=58061"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=58061"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=58061"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}