Nigeria army says forced abortion report is nonsense

Nigeria’s top general has dismissed as nonsense a report that the army has run a secret, mass abortion programme for the past decade.

Chief of the Defence Staff Lucky Irabor said he would not waste his time investigating something that wasn’t true.

According to the Reuters news agency, at least 10,000 abortions have been carried out, many involving women who had been raped by Islamist militants.

Women interviewed by Reuters said the terminations were performed without their consent.

The US government has described the report as harrowing and said it was seeking further information.

BBC Africa