CGS Chief of
defence staff General
CGS Chief of
defence staff General Olonisakin
DHQ Condemns Troops’ Ill-Treatment of Captured Armed
Bandits, Murderous Kidnappers
The attention of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn
to a video footage trending in the social media, visually
displaying the maltreatment of some suspected armed bandits and
kidnappers who were arrested along Road Abuja – Kaduna during a
recent operation.
Apparently the troops had in their overzealousness tied one of
the suspects to a stake in a desperate attempt to extract
information from him.
The DHQ wishes to unambigously state that the act exhibited by
the troops in the video footage is very unprofessional and an
outright violation of the code of conduct handed down to guide the
conduct and behaviour of troops of the AFN during operations. The
DHQ therefore, in very strong terms condemn this act of ineptitude
and exhibition of lawlessness.
The DHQ considers the conduct of the troops highly regrettable.
In order to promptly address the anomally, the Chief of Defence
Staff has ordered a thorough investigation into the incident to
bring to book all those found culpable in accordance with the
military justice system.
We seize this opportunity to urge members of the public to
please report any such misdemeanor to security agencies whenever
they are observed.
Please disseminate this information to the general public
through your medium. Thank you for your usual cooperation.
ONYEMA NWACHUKWU
Colonel
Acting Director Defence information