The Nigerian Army has made clarification on the libel allegation against The Premium Times.
A statement issued on Monday by the Director Army Public Relations, Brigadier General Sani Usman, read:
"The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to erroneous
impressions and insinuations on a libel case against the Premium Times
to whip up sentiments .
Therefore, we wish to clarify that the issue at hand is purely
allegation of libel in which Premium Times falsely and unjustifiably
accused the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu
Buratai, of false declaration of assets, owning mansions and estates in
Dubai and further stated that he was being investigated by Code of
Conduct Bureau for false declaration of assets in their publication of
12th December 2015.
Consequently, concerted efforts were made to make Premium Times retract
the story and apologize, to no avail.
As a law-abiding citizen, he took appropriate legal steps of seeking
redress through the courts.
Therefore, this case is between the person of Lieutenant General TY
Buratai and the Premium Times and not the Nigerian Army; the issue at
hand is libel and not about disclosure of military information by the
medium.
The case between the Nigerian Army and the Premium Times of jeopardizing
military operations, fraudulent obtaining and disclosure of military
information that led to deaths and loss of equipment, is still in the
offing.
Thank you for your kind cooperation".
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