Views: Visits 14 …Army denies posting only Northern Commanders to quell tensions in S’East …Unknown gunmen in S’East have chosen wrong target Nwodo …Gunmen kill five, set vigilance office, vehicle ablaze in Anambra By Anayo Okoli, Regional Editor, South-East, Vincent Ujumadu, Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Odu The Nigerian Army and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, disagreed over the alleged deployment of northern commanders to south-east and south-south with the Igbo group frowning at the shoot-at-sight order given to Nigerian soldiers on Igbo youths. Ohanaeze warned that Nigerian government should learn a lesson from history by not fighting an unwinnable war against nationalism, advising the Buhari- led government to “seek possible peaceful options that are the only solution that guarantees national unity and peaceful coexistence”.
…Unknown gunmen in S’East have chosen wrong target Nwodo
…Gunmen kill five, set vigilance office, vehicle ablaze in Anambra
By Anayo Okoli, Regional Editor, South-East, Vincent Ujumadu, Kingsley Omonobi & Ikechukwu Odu
The Nigerian Army and the apex Igbo socio-cultural organisation, Ohanaeze Ndigbo, yesterday, disagreed over the alleged deployment of northern commanders to south-east and south-south with the Igbo group frowning at the shoot-at-sight order given to Nigerian soldiers on Igbo youths.
Ohanaeze warned that Nigerian government should learn a lesson from history by not fighting an unwinnable war against nationalism, advising the Buhari- led government to “seek possible peaceful options that are the only solution that guarantees national unity and peaceful coexistence”.
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Army debunks alleged deployment of only Northern officers to Southeast
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The Nigerian Army on Monday dismissed an allegation that it was deploying only commanders of Northern extraction to quell tension in the Southeast.
In a statement issued on Monday in Abuja, Director, Army Public Relations, Brig.-Gen. Mohammed Yerima said there was no truth in the allegation.
He was reacting to an online publication entitled: “Nigerian Army shuns Southern officers, deploy Northern commanders to quell tension in Southeast.”
Gen. Yerima stated that ordinarily, the Nigerian Army would have ignored the illogical narrative by the online medium, but for the good of members of the public, it must respond.
May 10, 2021
May 10, 2021
The Nigerian Army (NA) has dismissed the Sahara Reporters publication titled “NIGERIAN ARMY SHUNS SOUTHERN OFFICERS, DEPLOY NORTHERN COMMANDERS TO QUELL TENSION IN SOUTHEAST” saying it was an uncoordinated and poorly written article that exposes the real intent albeit the very low IQ of the author and that speaks volumes on the motive of the publisher.
Army spokesperson Brigadier General
Mohammed Yerima on Monday issued a press statement that said the amateurish article presented in a self-styled fictitious movie-like scenario devoid of even the basic rudiments of a news report is simply unacceptable.
The statement:
RE: NIGERIAN ARMY SHUNS SOUTHERN OFFICERS, DEPLOY NORTHERN COMMANDERS TO QUELL TENTION IN SOUTH EAST