Nigerian army plans nationwide exercise as protests rock country
CAMILLUS EBOH and ALEXIS AKWAGYIRAM THE Nigerian army will begin a two-month national exercise while denying the move was part of any security response to recent widespread demonstrations against alleged police brutality. Operation Crocodile Smile would run across the country from October 20 to December 31, the first time the annual exercise, typically concentrated in the Delta region, will be nationwide, Musa said. The move comes just days after the army said it was ready to step in and restore order, but Musa said in a statement that the exercise "has no relationship with any lawful protest under any guise…