Nigerian Military Refutes U.S. Claims on Terrorist Materials

The Nigerian Military has dismissed claims made by U.S. counterterrorism officials that American forces seized a large cache of electronic intelligence materials from terrorists during operations in Nigeria. Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, the Director of Defence Information, and Major General Marku Kangy, a military spokesperson, clarified that the materials were not captured by U.S. forces but were voluntarily provided to the United States by the Nigerian government as part of ongoing security and counterterrorism cooperation.

The materials reportedly contained information from previous military operations conducted by Nigerian troops against terrorist groups. The controversy began when Sebastian Gorka, a deputy assistant to the U.S.

President, claimed that U.S. operations had eliminated 199 jihadists and recovered significant electronic materials. The Nigerian military emphasized that their collaboration with the U.S. is a long-standing partnership aimed at improving security operations and intelligence gathering, and that the intelligence sharing arrangements are not unusual.