The Defence Headquarters (DHQ), Abuja, has accused a foreign news organization Reuters of trying to blackmail the Nigerian military through what it called “mercenary journalism.”
Maj.Gen. Jimmy Akpor, the director of defense information, made this accusation in a statement on Saturday in Abuja.
Akpor claimed that the news organization claimed to be working on a number of articles about alleged on unlawful activities taken by the Nigerian military during the 13-year conflict between the government and Islamist militants in Nigeria’s North-East.
