AES propaganda unravels: facts expose false claims over Nigerian military aircraft in Burkina Faso
What the AES-aligned propaganda mills are pushing about a “Nigerian C-130 espionage mission intercepted by heroic Burkinabè forces with France pulling the strings” is not intelligence analysis, it is bad fiction, poorly written and embarrassingly detached from reality.
Let’s call this what it is a reckless fabrication dressed up as “breaking news.”
The viral narrative claiming that C-130 aircraft was forced down,” and exposed as part of a clandestine SIGINT operation against Burkina Faso is false from start to finish. Not partially inaccurate. Not debatable. Flatly false.
Here are the facts the propaganda merchants refuse to confront. The Nigerian military aircraft in question was on a duly authorised ferry flight to Portugal for scheduled depot maintenance, a routine, mandatory lifecycle requirement for military transport aircraft. This was not an operational mission, not intelligence collection, not “hybrid warfare,” and certainly not a covert intrusion.
Several military sources confirmed that the flight carried valid documentation, an approved flight plan, and standard diversion clearance in line with international aviation procedures. The landing at Bobo-Dioulasso was a precautionary safety landing, initiated strictly under established aviation protocols. It was not intercepted. It was not forced to land. It did not violate airspace. Claims to the contrary are inventions...
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