200 US troops still in Nigeria for joint intelligence, training – DHQ

By Kingsley OmonobiThe Defence Headquarters (DHQ) on Friday clarified that troops reported withdrawn from the Lake Chad Basin are different from the 200 troops deployed to Nigeria to carry out joint intelligence and training operations against ISIS and other terrorist elements within the country.Director of Defence Information, Major General Samaila Uba, gave the clarification, noting that the Nigeria-US joint partnership remains unchanged.Recall that a foreign news agency had reported that the