—THE Nigerian Army has regretted that political thugs were being viewed and addressed as real soldiers in the media, saying the development has brought its reputation on several occasions to disrepute.
The statement read: “Several of such arrested impostors have given useful information that has led to unravelling the level of criminal involvement of some politicians in arming thugs for their depraved selfish gains.“Credible intelligence available to the Nigerian Army has confirmed the kitting of political thugs with military uniforms and arming of same, to impersonate soldiers and perpetrate various crimes in the furtherance of the activities of their political bosses.
“Consequently, the Nigerian Army would continue with the line of investigations being pursued to bring to successful prosecution, both the arrested impostors and their sponsors.” “The Nigerian Army would continue to execute its constitutional responsibilities of providing aid to civil authorities in order to create a safe and secure environment where real democratic processes would thrive.
vanguardngr Who are those politicians and why have they not been arrested?
vanguardngr Fake soldiers you said with fake army vehicles .na waoooo!
vanguardngr Who are they deciving, if they're fake soldiers as chief of army staff want us to believe, what did army do to checkmate it? And why would the 'thugs' if i should borrow the words of army chief! Allowed into to go into barracks with the election results?.
vanguardngr Buratai is just telling bold face lies. So the thugs in fake army uniform were issued fake army guns and led my high placed fake APC leaders in Bayelsa, Akwa Ibom, Rivers and other states? the Army boss should stop lying to Nigerians, we are no fools
vanguardngr So People should mob anybody on Army Uniform seen in a poll abi ?
vanguardngr Soldiers, shoot them. No need to catch dem and show to the world. I envisage this earlier bkos we've bn watching the customs seizing containers of Army Uniforms being smuggled into d country last year.
vanguardngr What do you expect Army to say. How did carmouflage outfits smuggled to the country. So Boko Haram too are thugs in army uniform. This is zee world
vanguardngr So who drove the armored personnel carriers and army trucks used in rivers state And who went into INEC HQ in port Harcourt impersonators too ? Very lame answers from the Army in this statement!!
vanguardngr That's obviously preposterous.
vanguardngr Even in Rivers state?
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