Read
the statement as shared on their website below...The Nigerian Army has
noted with great concern the deliberate and concerted efforts to mislead
the public by some people through misinformation. Thus creating
erroneous impression of the Nigerian Army through inaccurate and false
publication of casualty figures on the unfortunate attacks on some of
its locations in the North East.The latest of this worrisome development
was the attack on our troops location at Metele, Borno State, in which
some persons and media outlets continued to circulate various wrong
acounts and inaccurate casuality figures of own troops without efforts
to verify from the military. This is coming at the heels of our release
of 28th November 2018 in which we gave accurate details of the attacks
and casualty figures in a bid to set the records straight and inform the
public true account of things. We also promised to continuously carry
the public along through accurate and timely information dissemination
on operations and other activities of the Nigerian Army in the
release. However it was observed that the trend continued unabated. Most
of these inaccurate, false reports and fake news were aimed at
denigrating the leadership of the Nigerian Army. Regrettably, the rate
at which some mischievous persons ignorantly attack the Armed Forces of
Nigeria, especially the Nigerian Army is very alarming and unfortunate.
This is deliberate attempt to demoralise the Nigerian Army which would
have devastating consequences on troops' will to discharge their
constitutional duties especially in the fight against terrorism and
insurgency, thus affecting national security.We would like to warn all
those mischief makers to keep the Nigerian Army out of their politics
and mischief. Journalists and media platforms should be professional and
accurate in their reportage. The achievements of the Nigerian Army
within the last three years are glaringly obvious, therefore, whatever
recent temporary setbacks we experienced in the course of the fight
against terrorism and insurgency should not be the yardstick for
condemning these laudable three and half years' accomplishments. We have
however identified the few unpatriotic harbingers of the fake news on
the attack at Metele and would take appropriate legal actions against
them. This is to ensure that the Nigerian Army is insulated from
propaganda and ulterior motives of destabilising the country. The
Nigerian Army is quite aware that the perpetrators through these acts
are covertly supporting terrorists and their activities in Nigeria with a
long term objective. We are also aware that they want to use insecurity
to scuttle and subvert the democratic process in the
country. Consequently, we would like to state unequivocally that no
amount of mischief or pressure would circumvent the journey to a
peaceful, free and fair general elections in Nigeria. We therefore need
the continued support, encouragement and understanding of well meaning
Nigerians as we deal decisively with the remnants of the Boko Haram
terrorists hibernating at the fringes of our borders with contiguous
countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.We are committed to the
defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria. We hasten to state that
we will continue to be professional in our assigned roles and remain
apolitical at all times. Once more we warn mischief makers and
proponents of misinformation and fake news to desist from the such
practice and join other well meaning, law abiding Nigerians to support
our Army to countering terrorism and insurgency in the country. Kindly
disseminate this to the public through your medium.Thank you for your
cooperation and support.SANI KUKASHEKA USMAN Brigadier General Director
Army Public Relations 30th November 2018'Leave the Army out of politics and fake news' - Nigerian Army
Read
the statement as shared on their website below...The Nigerian Army has
noted with great concern the deliberate and concerted efforts to mislead
the public by some people through misinformation. Thus creating
erroneous impression of the Nigerian Army through inaccurate and false
publication of casualty figures on the unfortunate attacks on some of
its locations in the North East.The latest of this worrisome development
was the attack on our troops location at Metele, Borno State, in which
some persons and media outlets continued to circulate various wrong
acounts and inaccurate casuality figures of own troops without efforts
to verify from the military. This is coming at the heels of our release
of 28th November 2018 in which we gave accurate details of the attacks
and casualty figures in a bid to set the records straight and inform the
public true account of things. We also promised to continuously carry
the public along through accurate and timely information dissemination
on operations and other activities of the Nigerian Army in the
release. However it was observed that the trend continued unabated. Most
of these inaccurate, false reports and fake news were aimed at
denigrating the leadership of the Nigerian Army. Regrettably, the rate
at which some mischievous persons ignorantly attack the Armed Forces of
Nigeria, especially the Nigerian Army is very alarming and unfortunate.
This is deliberate attempt to demoralise the Nigerian Army which would
have devastating consequences on troops' will to discharge their
constitutional duties especially in the fight against terrorism and
insurgency, thus affecting national security.We would like to warn all
those mischief makers to keep the Nigerian Army out of their politics
and mischief. Journalists and media platforms should be professional and
accurate in their reportage. The achievements of the Nigerian Army
within the last three years are glaringly obvious, therefore, whatever
recent temporary setbacks we experienced in the course of the fight
against terrorism and insurgency should not be the yardstick for
condemning these laudable three and half years' accomplishments. We have
however identified the few unpatriotic harbingers of the fake news on
the attack at Metele and would take appropriate legal actions against
them. This is to ensure that the Nigerian Army is insulated from
propaganda and ulterior motives of destabilising the country. The
Nigerian Army is quite aware that the perpetrators through these acts
are covertly supporting terrorists and their activities in Nigeria with a
long term objective. We are also aware that they want to use insecurity
to scuttle and subvert the democratic process in the
country. Consequently, we would like to state unequivocally that no
amount of mischief or pressure would circumvent the journey to a
peaceful, free and fair general elections in Nigeria. We therefore need
the continued support, encouragement and understanding of well meaning
Nigerians as we deal decisively with the remnants of the Boko Haram
terrorists hibernating at the fringes of our borders with contiguous
countries of Cameroon, Chad and Niger Republic.We are committed to the
defence of the territorial integrity of Nigeria. We hasten to state that
we will continue to be professional in our assigned roles and remain
apolitical at all times. Once more we warn mischief makers and
proponents of misinformation and fake news to desist from the such
practice and join other well meaning, law abiding Nigerians to support
our Army to countering terrorism and insurgency in the country. Kindly
disseminate this to the public through your medium.Thank you for your
cooperation and support.SANI KUKASHEKA USMAN Brigadier General Director
Army Public Relations 30th November 2018
