The Nigerian Army says it has no knowledge of any personnel called Sergeant David Bako - Brigadier General Texas Chukwu also says the report is fake and should be avoided - It laments that despite its efforts, some people still fabricate stories to discredit the organisation The Nigerian Army has denied knowledge of Sergeant David Bako, the alleged personnel of the organisation who reportedly leaked information relating to how the Dapchi girls were released and how N80 million exchanged hands between the government and Boko Haram. In a statement by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, the director army public relations, the Nigerian Army called on citizens of the country to disregard the alleged confession of the fake soldier. “The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a news report making round on Facebook and other social media to smear and drag the Nigerian Army into politics of calumny by mischief makers, that one deserted Sergeant David Bako leaks how Dapchi Girls abduction was planned in the villa and executed with N80 million.
“The information was said to be provided by Sergeant David Bako who claimed to be deserted soldier and one of the abductee of the Dapchi School Girls. The Nigerian Army therefore put the record straight that it has crosscheck it records and cannot find any one call Sergeant David Bako who neither serves in the Army, deserted or dismissed. “The Nigerian Army therefore disassociate itself with such fictitious report and request the public to disregard the confession made by the so call Sergeant David Bako who has not been in the Army at all. “It is imperative to know that these baseless and inane allegations are not new in the cyber space, knowing the fact that we are in the age of information warfare. Open Source Intelligence reveals that the website Daily globe watch.eu with country code top-level domain (ccTLD) .eu used in publishing stories is obviously fake and therefore not correct. “Based on our findings the website was registered on the 14 of April 2017 and the last updated was on the same date and will expire on the 14th April 2018, we are very familiar with reports of this nature and will advise the general public to disregard such claim and desist from sharing such information on the new media as this is against the Nigerian Cybercrime Act 2015. “However, it is really worrisome to the level at which some people could condescend so low to fabricate facetious allegation against the Nigerian Army and the military at large for cheap political gains or simply an act of pure wickedness, thus the public should disregard such facetious allegation.
The Nigerian Army wishes to reiterate its commitment to remain apolitical and non-partisan in the discharge of its constitutional roles. “We would also like to reaffirm our unconditional support and obedience to civil authority as well as reassuring Nigerians that these Fifth columnists will not succeed in their mischief as they will be fished out and dealt with accordingly,” the statement said.
pricelezz247.blogspot.com earlier reported that troops of the Nigerian Army deployed under the exercise Ayem Akpatuma, have announced the arrest of some suspected criminals at Takum, Taraba state, alleging that they may have been sponsored to cause mayhem in the area. They were arrested on March 24, according to a statement by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, the director of Army public relations.
“The information was said to be provided by Sergeant David Bako who claimed to be deserted soldier and one of the abductee of the Dapchi School Girls. The Nigerian Army therefore put the record straight that it has crosscheck it records and cannot find any one call Sergeant David Bako who neither serves in the Army, deserted or dismissed. “The Nigerian Army therefore disassociate itself with such fictitious report and request the public to disregard the confession made by the so call Sergeant David Bako who has not been in the Army at all. “It is imperative to know that these baseless and inane allegations are not new in the cyber space, knowing the fact that we are in the age of information warfare. Open Source Intelligence reveals that the website Daily globe watch.eu with country code top-level domain (ccTLD) .eu used in publishing stories is obviously fake and therefore not correct. “Based on our findings the website was registered on the 14 of April 2017 and the last updated was on the same date and will expire on the 14th April 2018, we are very familiar with reports of this nature and will advise the general public to disregard such claim and desist from sharing such information on the new media as this is against the Nigerian Cybercrime Act 2015. “However, it is really worrisome to the level at which some people could condescend so low to fabricate facetious allegation against the Nigerian Army and the military at large for cheap political gains or simply an act of pure wickedness, thus the public should disregard such facetious allegation.
The Nigerian Army wishes to reiterate its commitment to remain apolitical and non-partisan in the discharge of its constitutional roles. “We would also like to reaffirm our unconditional support and obedience to civil authority as well as reassuring Nigerians that these Fifth columnists will not succeed in their mischief as they will be fished out and dealt with accordingly,” the statement said.
pricelezz247.blogspot.com earlier reported that troops of the Nigerian Army deployed under the exercise Ayem Akpatuma, have announced the arrest of some suspected criminals at Takum, Taraba state, alleging that they may have been sponsored to cause mayhem in the area. They were arrested on March 24, according to a statement by Brigadier General Texas Chukwu, the director of Army public relations.
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