RE-TRIBAL WAR AT ARMY BARRACKS 82 DIVISION NIGERIAN ARMY ENUGU THREE SOLDIERS FEARED DEAD
The attention of the Nigerian Army has been
drawn to a deliberate and calculated campaign of
calumny aimed at misleading the public and
cause disaffection among troops, being circulated
in the social media by a faceless and obviously
subversive group named “EASTERN RADIO”. The
group created and posted a story titled “Tribal
War at Army Barracks, 82 Division Enugu Three
Soldiers Feared Dead” on various social media
platforms.
In the write up, they alleged that there was an
altercation in an unnamed barracks in 82 Division
over nomination for “peacekeeping operations”
which led to exchange of gunfire among
imaginary troops that resulted in loss of lives.
Apart from obvious flaws and inconsistency in the
narration, the Nigerian Army wishes to
emphatically state that no such incident occurred
anywhere in the Nigerian Army, let alone 82
Division. In fact, the alleged reported incident
existed only in the obviously negatively skewed
minds of the authors of such fabrication.
The intent and goals of this band of miscreants is
to cause distrust amongst own troops and the
country’s populace at large, which unknown to
them is an exercise in futility because the Nigerian
Army is cohesive. Their methodology is to employ
such campaign of calumny and distortion of an
established reign of peaceful, harmonious and
esprit-de-corps culture in 82 Division and the
entire Nigerian Army. However, the campaign is a
failed one as the entire Nigerian Army remains
indivisible, unprovoked and not gullible to such
cheap and heinous insinuations.
The general public is therefore please requested
to discountenance the false story of EASTERN
RADIO and their affiliated secessionist groups as
there is no iota of truth in the story.
We would like to inform the public that the 82
Division Nigerian Army is intact in all its locations
and deployments, same goes for all the various
formations, units, cantonments and barracks of
the Nigerian Army.
Above all, the Nigerian Army remains committed
to providing aid to civil authority as enshrined in
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
1999 (As Amended) and wishes to assure the
public of the Chief of Army Staff’s unalloyed
commitment to protect lives and property
whenever called upon to do so in line with extant
provisions of the law.
We wish to also reassure all well meaning
Nigerians that the Nigerian Army remains a
national institution which emphasizes peace,
unity and mutual co-existence devoid of any
sentiments or such variables as ethnic, tribe or
religious differences. Any attempt by any
individual or group of persons to associate the
military and indeed the Nigerian Army with such
will be a total waste of time, energy and
resources. We are proud professionals bound by
discipline, unflinching love, loyalty, espirit-de-corp
s and love for our colleagues and our country. We
would remain focussed and would not be
distracted by irritating campaigns of calumny or
fabricated lies by some unscrupulous elements.
It is therefore very imperative at this point to
warn all those mischief makers to desist from
these unpatriotic and obviously subversive acts in
any guise.
Thank you for your usual cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director, Army Public Relations
drawn to a deliberate and calculated campaign of
calumny aimed at misleading the public and
cause disaffection among troops, being circulated
in the social media by a faceless and obviously
subversive group named “EASTERN RADIO”. The
group created and posted a story titled “Tribal
War at Army Barracks, 82 Division Enugu Three
Soldiers Feared Dead” on various social media
platforms.
In the write up, they alleged that there was an
altercation in an unnamed barracks in 82 Division
over nomination for “peacekeeping operations”
which led to exchange of gunfire among
imaginary troops that resulted in loss of lives.
Apart from obvious flaws and inconsistency in the
narration, the Nigerian Army wishes to
emphatically state that no such incident occurred
anywhere in the Nigerian Army, let alone 82
Division. In fact, the alleged reported incident
existed only in the obviously negatively skewed
minds of the authors of such fabrication.
The intent and goals of this band of miscreants is
to cause distrust amongst own troops and the
country’s populace at large, which unknown to
them is an exercise in futility because the Nigerian
Army is cohesive. Their methodology is to employ
such campaign of calumny and distortion of an
established reign of peaceful, harmonious and
esprit-de-corps culture in 82 Division and the
entire Nigerian Army. However, the campaign is a
failed one as the entire Nigerian Army remains
indivisible, unprovoked and not gullible to such
cheap and heinous insinuations.
The general public is therefore please requested
to discountenance the false story of EASTERN
RADIO and their affiliated secessionist groups as
there is no iota of truth in the story.
We would like to inform the public that the 82
Division Nigerian Army is intact in all its locations
and deployments, same goes for all the various
formations, units, cantonments and barracks of
the Nigerian Army.
Above all, the Nigerian Army remains committed
to providing aid to civil authority as enshrined in
the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria
1999 (As Amended) and wishes to assure the
public of the Chief of Army Staff’s unalloyed
commitment to protect lives and property
whenever called upon to do so in line with extant
provisions of the law.
We wish to also reassure all well meaning
Nigerians that the Nigerian Army remains a
national institution which emphasizes peace,
unity and mutual co-existence devoid of any
sentiments or such variables as ethnic, tribe or
religious differences. Any attempt by any
individual or group of persons to associate the
military and indeed the Nigerian Army with such
will be a total waste of time, energy and
resources. We are proud professionals bound by
discipline, unflinching love, loyalty, espirit-de-corp
s and love for our colleagues and our country. We
would remain focussed and would not be
distracted by irritating campaigns of calumny or
fabricated lies by some unscrupulous elements.
It is therefore very imperative at this point to
warn all those mischief makers to desist from
these unpatriotic and obviously subversive acts in
any guise.
Thank you for your usual cooperation.
Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman
Acting Director, Army Public Relations
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