Colonel Sagir
Musa
Army disclaims
Colonel Sagir
Musa
Army disclaims Image of Partisan, Brutal Soldiers… vows
to deal with culprits
At the moment, the top echelon of the Nigerian Military seems
not to happy due to the obstinate resolve of purveyors of fake news
to smear the reputation of the Army through offensive images and
videos.
To this end, the Nigerian Army has vowed to launch an
investigation to ascertain the authenticity of a viral photograph
showing four soldiers raising the four fingers of each of their
hands, apparently in solidarity with the campaign sign of the
ruling All Progressives Congress (APC). The Nigerian Army also
promised to investigate a trending video of purported soldiers
maltreating a man.
The Army bluntly disclosed that those found culpable would face
the consequence of their indiscretion.
A picture of four soldiers, a social media hit, has been
trending online for some days, giving the impression of a partisan
military while another tviral video emerged showing men in military
camouflage beating up an undressed man may be fake.
In a press release, the Acting Director of Army Public
Relations, Col. Sagir Musa, said: “The attention of the Nigerian
Army (NA) has been drawn to a picture of four armed men dressed in
what looks like military camouflage in a 4 x 4 finger sign
supposedly connoting a campaign symbol of a political party which
is against the rules and regulations of the Nigerian Army.
“The Nigerian Army wishes to dissociate itself from the picture
even as it has commenced an immediate investigation with the view
to ascertain the source and authenticity of the pictures and the
“soldiers’ involved. If the outcome of the investigation confirms
this to be true, appropriate sanctions would be provided.
“Nigerian Army of today under the command of Lt. Gen. Tukur
Yusuf Buratai do not condone or encourage indiscipline and any form
of professional misconduct. On many occasions, the Chief of Army
Staff has made it strongly clear that Army personnel will remain
neutral, totally apolitical and will not compromise its
constitutional roles under any guise.”
Speaking on the video, the Army’s spokesperson said the style of
camouflage being worn by the soldiers in the video was no longer in
use, adding that the men could be impostors.
The statement read, “However, looking at the video closely and
carefully, even without or before deliberate investigation is
conducted, one can raise salient fundamental common sense
observations with regards to the video especially on the three
persons that are dressed in camouflage uniform.
“The personnel in some of the trending photo could not be from
the Nigerian Army from their dressing pattern, the designs of their
camouflage and type of boots that are at variance from the Army
uniforms.
“Most of the videos were staged-managed going by the deliberate
filming of the said atrocity in broad day light without any fear of
sanction.”
By PRNigeria