IamPatriotic:
The Nigerian Army should learn to tolerate constructive criticism and findings of investigative journalism, this is democracy.

Your moniker and this post are in sync and on point here.
Its interesting though that our Government Agencies lack tolerance, our society lacks constructive criticism and the media is almost bereft of investigative journalism. That's why I choose to stand with PT on this.

Sue them if you wan sue them nah, who hold una before? Na only to threaten them sabi. Mtchew!

why did burutai not charge the Shiite Muslim to court for blocking his convey. rather than taking the laws into his hand for killing the shia Muslims. its a genocide crime. why are they hiding zakyzaky and refusing him to court.

they will settle in private. PM just equated themselves with the major general that called them BH supporters without proof. if someone calls killing BH wrong and that person becomes president (CinC), is the army working for a BH supporter? english!

vanbonattel:
Buharri, gagging the media since 1984

leave buhari out of this..

Sibrah:
Why the army scared of those three reports by Premium Times? They should get used to democracy . . .

Democracy demands truthful fair unbiased and balanced reporting. You don't hide under democracy or freedom of press to publish unsubstantiated reports. I see PT retracting their publications and offering apology to the army. Remember AIT and the lion of bourdillon story ....... AIT decided to settle out of court and apologised on their channels repeatedly for 3days when they saw they can't prove any of the allegation. Let the rule of law win

5starmilitant:
This buhari government is hellbent on eliminating the media. The same media they used in rubbishing the previous government. Brutashit we know this truth is too bitter for you, but you must deal with it.

What is this nincompooo saying. Is buhari chief of army? Has the media spared buhari, his family and cabinet members? Speak like a sensible human

Today is soldier threatening to sue PTs, yesterday it was sahara reporter staff that was arrested. I guess this is the kind of change this confused bigot government promised by arrested anybody againt their negative agenda right?

[quote author=Jibril659 post=52721760]The Nigerian Army has written PREMIUM TIMES, threatening to sue the paper for what it termed unwarranted serial provocative, unauthorised, libelous and defamatory publication” against the Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, a Lieutenant General, and the army’s counter-insurgency in the north-east of the country.
The letter, dated December 22, 2016, and signed by I.M Alkali, a major general, on behalf of Mr. Buratai, accused the paper of publishing reports without reference to the army, adding that its stories exposed a “deep hatred for the leadership of the Nigerian Army.”
The letter expressed displeasure with three stories published by the medium between October and December last year.
The reports were those on the planned invitation of Mr. Buratai by the Code of Conduct Bureau for asset verification, the disappearance of a high number of soldiers after a Boko Haram attack and an investigation detailing how soldiers allegedly killed a kidnapped pastor and labeled him a kidnapper.
The army in its letter described the reports as “false,” “unsubstantiated,” and “unprofessional.”
“Despite the fact that your unprofessional publications are injurious to the personality of the leadership of the Nigerian Army and the Nigeria Army as a whole, it may interest you to know that your attempts have failed woefully to malign and impugn the hard-earned character of the Chief of Army Staff and the Nigerian Army,” the letter said.
The letter therefore ordered PREMIUM TIMES to retract the said publications and apologise to Mr. Buratai and the Nigerian Army.

“Your retraction should be done in at least 3 national dailies and in online newspapers for 3 days consecutively from 29-31 December 2016.
“You are to also publish an apology to the Chief of Army Staff and the Nigerian Army in 3 Nigeria newspaper and online publications.
“Failure to retract and withdraw the said publications by Premium Times Services Limited on or before 31 December, 2016, the Nigerian Army team of lawyers will be instructed to proceed against you in court.”
Officials at PREMIUM TIMES said the letter from the Army Headquarters arrived the paper’s head office in Abuja a day after the Theatre Commander of Operation Lafiya Dole, Major General Lucky Irabor, labelled the medium a Boko Haram supporter on live television.
Contacted Wednesday for comments on the letter, Editor-in-Chief Musikilu Mojeed said, “All I can say at this point is that we stand by our
THIS IS A THREATH

softMarket:
Very soon the media will stop writing about things like politics!


They(media) only experienced democracy during GEJ regime. Thats when u will call GEJ a tyrant and get away with it......



But in this buhari regime, just mistakenly say something against ordinary cleaner of APC and DSS ft EFCC will storm your yard!




We lost our democracy since may2015..........

@bold, I guess you were not on this planet where Nigerian Army invade media house and seized all its copies during your hero regiment.


http://www.premiumtimesng.com/news/162255-nigerian-military-goes-berserk-blocks-newspapers-distribution-abuja-lagos.html

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louqas:


What is this nincompooo saying. Is buhari chief of army? Has the media spared buhari, his family and cabinet members? Speak like a sensible human

At the mention of buhari, zombies are restless. I think ur fada & moda are the real nicompoooos, cos you're a waste prodvct from them. You don't even know the position of buhari the god of zombies, and you are a Zombie. Very hilarious

IamPatriotic:
The Nigerian Army should learn to tolerate constructive criticism and findings of investigative journalism, this is democracy.

It is also democracy to advice a newspaper on its doings before taking it to court. The fact that it's a democracy does not give journalists the right to spew defamatory statements against the integrity of an individual.

Everyone so sure about opinions. Who wants to take bets?

1: Premium Times wins
2: Army Wins
3: settle out of court.

Source?
Premium times. Hmmm?

5starmilitant:


At the mention of buhari, zombies are restless. I think ur fada & moda are the real nicompoooos, cos you're a waste prodvct from them. You don't even know the position of buhari the god of zombies, and you are a Zombie. Very hilarious

Get off my mention kid.....I don't throw banters with kids