Nor do they voice their concern that AFRICOM could be part of an American effort to exert control on West Africa’s oil-producing countries. But, in confidential briefings, Nigeria has strongly hinted that it will not tolerate any foreign incursions on a vital and strategic resource in its own backyard.
尼日利亚的官员们审慎地否认这种财政礼物和Johnson拒绝AFRICOM之间的关联。他们也没有对AFRICOM可能成为美国控制西非产油国的计划的一部分表示担忧。但在绝密的内部通讯中，尼日利亚强烈暗示它绝不容忍外国在其后院染指这种至关重要的战略资源。