Nigerian Army Reacts to Reports of 'Officer' Who Allegedly Disclosed Army Role in Dapchi Girls Abduction | CNR
|by Chris Ezemoyih
The Nigerian Army has debunked the story making rounds on the internet about an 'officer' of the Nigerian Army, Sergeant David Bako who allegedly revealed how Dapchi schoolgirls abduction was hatched in the Presidential Villa and executed by the Nigerian Army.
The Nigerian Army disassociated itself from "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 said that it had crosschecked its records and did not find any one called Sergeant David Bako who neither served in the Nigerian Army nor dismissed by the Army.
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Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu in a statement Sunday dismissed the reported revelations as a facetious allegation against the Nigerian Army.
The statement read: "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.
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"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 urged the public to disregard the information as the website where the report was first published was fake going by its registration details obtained by the Army.
"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 Dailyglobewatch.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 advice 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.
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"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 Nigerian Army said.
The Nigerian Army has debunked the story making rounds on the internet about an 'officer' of the Nigerian Army, Sergeant David Bako who allegedly revealed how Dapchi schoolgirls abduction was hatched in the Presidential Villa and executed by the Nigerian Army.
The Nigerian Army disassociated itself from "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 said that it had crosschecked its records and did not find any one called Sergeant David Bako who neither served in the Nigerian Army nor dismissed by the Army.
READ ALSO: Killer Herdsmen: Nigerian Army Tackles Danjuma, Says Army Paying Supreme Price in Taraba
Director of Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Texas Chukwu in a statement Sunday dismissed the reported revelations as a facetious allegation against the Nigerian Army.
The statement read: "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.
READ ALSO: Nigerians Now Know that Dapchi Abduction is a Stage-managed Scam of no Equal Dimension - PDP
"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 urged the public to disregard the information as the website where the report was first published was fake going by its registration details obtained by the Army.
"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 Dailyglobewatch.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 advice 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.
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"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 Nigerian Army said.
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