Army Dismisses Reports Of Alleged Supply Of Inferior Armoured Vehicles

The Nigerian Army has dismissed a report by an online medium
that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru threatened
to blacklist a Chinese firm over alleged supply of inferior armored
vehicles.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima,
in a statement on Saturday, said that the online report claimed
that the firm supplied inferior armored vehicles to Nigerian
army

Yerima said that the entirety of the said story was a figment of
the author’s imagination.

He said that Attahiru did not at any time or in any event made
any comment nor had any interview on the subject either with the
author or anybody for that matter.

According to him, the story is false, misleading and a
deliberate fabrication ostensibly published to serve a
yet-to-be-determined motive.

“Whatever the motive is, we consider this publication as not
only unprofessional but very unfair to the Chief of Army staff.

“We demand from the publishers of African Military Blog.com,
immediate retraction of the concocted story as it runs against the
grain of professional journalism to willfully and wrongfully
attribute a story to an unsuspecting party.

“The Nigerian Army recognises and appreciates the indispensable
partnership with the media in the quest for a secured, peaceful and
progressive Nigeria.

“It is therefore, advisable that professionalism must guide the
conduct of media practice,” he said.

Meanwhile, the affected medium, military Africa had since
through its’ tweeter handle @militaryafrica on Saturday, tendered
apologies to the Nigerian Army and retracted the said story.

“Our attention has been drawn to a particular article written by
Ekene Lionel, and Titled: Norinco under fire for supplying inferior
armoured vehicles to Nigeria.

“We’ll like to tender a sincere apologies those likely to be
affected by the article, particularly the gallant troops of the
Nigeria Army @HQNigerianArmy.

“After further investigation, we now understand that the article
is truly false and inaccurate. With that, the article has been
removed.

“Military Africa has always stood on the side of truth, factual,
accurate and impartial defense news coverage,” it said. Source
(NAN)

The Nigerian Army has dismissed a report by an online medium
that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru threatened
to blacklist a Chinese firm over alleged supply of inferior armored
vehicles.

The Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima,
in a statement on Saturday, said that the online report claimed
that the firm supplied inferior armored vehicles to Nigerian
army

Yerima said that the entirety of the said story was a figment of
the author’s imagination.

He said that Attahiru did not at any time or in any event made
any comment nor had any interview on the subject either with the
author or anybody for that matter.

According to him, the story is false, misleading and a
deliberate fabrication ostensibly published to serve a
yet-to-be-determined motive.

“Whatever the motive is, we consider this publication as not
only unprofessional but very unfair to the Chief of Army staff.

“We demand from the publishers of African Military Blog.com,
immediate retraction of the concocted story as it runs against the
grain of professional journalism to willfully and wrongfully
attribute a story to an unsuspecting party.

“The Nigerian Army recognises and appreciates the indispensable
partnership with the media in the quest for a secured, peaceful and
progressive Nigeria.

“It is therefore, advisable that professionalism must guide the
conduct of media practice,” he said.

Meanwhile, the affected medium, military Africa had since
through its’ tweeter handle @militaryafrica on Saturday, tendered
apologies to the Nigerian Army and retracted the said story.

“Our attention has been drawn to a particular article written by
Ekene Lionel, and Titled: Norinco under fire for supplying inferior
armoured vehicles to Nigeria.

“We’ll like to tender a sincere apologies those likely to be
affected by the article, particularly the gallant troops of the
Nigeria Army @HQNigerianArmy.

“After further investigation, we now understand that the article
is truly false and inaccurate. With that, the article has been
removed.

“Military Africa has always stood on the side of truth, factual,
accurate and impartial defense news coverage,” it said. Source
(NAN)