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Army Decries IPOB for Circulating Gory Images of Corpses
for Misinformation
The Nigerian Army has observed with dismay that various social
media platforms, of recent, have been inundated with gory images
and horrific videos of few recycled corpses dumped at roadsides and
refuse sites in Obingwa- Asa – Aba axis of Abia State and other
targeted areas in the South East zone.
Members of the proscribed Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB)
have been alleged to be behind the violence-inciting posts on
Facebook and other sites, apparently to create panic and tension
among the general public in their ill motive towards free, fair and
credible 2019 general elections.
The illegal group is using the gory images for falsehood and
hate speech to also portray the Nigerian Army and other security
agencies in bad light, especially in the South-East and truncate
the successes of Exercise EGWU EKE 111.
The posting and circulation of the disgusting videos and
pictures is a wicked plot and deliberate campaign targeted at
smearing the reputation of the military and other security
agencies.
The intention of the peddlers of those images is to insinuate
that the bodies were victims of security clamped down in some parts
of the country, especially in the South-East.
Some of the images and videos analyzed by the intelligence
services show that most of the corpses were suspected to be victims
of road accidents, jungle justice and/ or ritual killers.
None of the images or videos could be attributed to any military
operation, as there were no footages to indicate so. While the NA
will ensure the peddlers of such fake news and hate speech that
could create insecurity in the country are nabbed for prosecutions,
the public are urged to ignore such wicked and sickening propaganda
to hoodwink the citizens.
NA finds it necessary to call on relevant authorities, most
especially Health and Emergency agencies at the state and local
government levels to be proactive in ensure adequate evacuation of
corpses of victims of road accidents, ritual killings and jungle
justice in some communities.
It is also of security concerns the dumping of abandoned corpses
of loved ones in unorthodox mortuaries are becoming worrisome. It
is also disheartening the increasing number of unclaimed corpses in
some mortuaries, who are also suspected of dumping some of the
bodies in dump sites and waterways which relevant authorities need
to focus on.
SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations