The Army says it’s attention has been drawn to a “fictitious interview” with the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai by a cloned online newspaper.
It said the interview under the headline, “Buratai blames Col. Ali’s death on President Buhari, hails Goodluck”, is “false and a figment of their imagination resulting from their jaundiced and unjustified hatred of the person of the COAS and the Nigerian Army.”
Col. Sani Usman, in a statement, said “The publication is also a calculated mischief by some unknown individuals designed to achieve some ulterior motives.
“The content of that mischievous publication exists only in their imagination. There has never been anytime or occasion where the Chief of Army Staff stated that.
“For the avoidance of doubt, the Chief of Army Staff could never have said something like that. He remains absolutely loyal to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces Federal Republic of Nigeria.
“He remains resolute in the fight against terrorism and insurgency in our country and no amount of distraction or unwarranted attacks would change that.
“While we are making efforts to unravel those behind this publication and decipher their motive and objectives we urge the public to disregard the publication in its entirety.”
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