What a Shame! You Want to Create Bad Blood Between Service Personnel - Military Lashes Femi Fani-Kayode Over Allegations


The Military says, a viral video produced by Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, wherein he made wild and unsubstantiated allegations against the Armed Forces of Nigeria, regarding the recent spate of terrorist attacks particularly, the attack of the prison in Kuje - Abuja on 5 July 2022 is an attempt to smear the military and create bad blood between service personnel and the military high command.

Director Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor in a statement made available to SpyeTV described Femi Fani-Kayode's allegations shameful and merely playing to the gallery and not in any position to know whether the DSS notified the military of any attack or not.

General Akpor explained that, ordinarily the video and its maker would have been ignored, considering the antecedents of the person behind it as a known Rabble-Rouser.

"However, in the interest of members of the public who might be misled by the deliberate falsehood and the sensibilities of service personnel and their families who have been paying dearly to keep Nigerians safe, it has become urgent to respond to the video currently circulating in the social media", he said.

He said among other allegations, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode claimed that the Department of State Security (DSS) informed the military about the impending attack on Kuje Custodial Centre and even the previous attack on the Kaduna - Abuja rail service.

General Akpor said, he also claimed that soldiers were withdrawn shortly before the prison attack.

"In all these allegations, Mr Kayode is merely playing to the gallery. He is not in any position to know whether the DSS notified the military of any attack or not.

"It may not be impossible that such a claim is part of a calculated attempt to cause division and rivalry amongst all Government Agencies that have been working collaboratively in addressing issues of insecurity in the country.

"The claim that soldiers were withdrawn from the Kuje Correctional Custodial Centre before the attack is laughable. It is sad that Mr Kayode is ignorant of whose responsibility it to guard prison.

General Akpor noted that,Femi Kayode further claimed that the military took no action on the recent Shiroro terrorists’ attack, which resulted in the unfortunate death of some soldiers, some policemen and members of the public.

According to Defence HQ spokesperson, Femi Fani-Kayode's video is a despicable statement that dishonours the sacrifices of the gallant officers and soldiers that paid the supreme price whilst responding in defence of the civilians and the mining community.

"What a shame! Mr Kayode is encouraged to pay more attention to the weekly briefs by Defence Media Operations. Defence Media Operations gives weekly briefs/updates on operations being conducted across the country; press releases on military operations are also made when the need arises.

He also advised Fani-Kayode to refresh himself on the constitutional roles of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

In all, subordination to civil authority, is key. It is pertinent to state that, the Nigerian Armed Forces has toiled to sustain and nurture our democracy, hence the same military cannot contemplate a coup de tat, as alluded to by Mr Kayode in his video.

Defence spokesperson said, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor has always stressed the unalloyed loyalty of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to the President, Commander-in-Chief and the Nigerian Constitution.

Accordingly, as the 2023 General Elections approach, desperate persons must depart from their evil ways, for never again would they lure the military into their wicked machinations. If a confession must be made, Nigerians must know now: the military is always the worse victim of military rule.

Finally, in a miserable attempt to malign the leadership of the military, Mr Kayode gave the impression that, while junior military commanders and non-commissioned officers are working hard, senior commanders are doing nothing.

This is sheer ignorance and nothing more. Mr Kayode is completely oblivious of the fact that in the military, orders, instructions and directives are issued from the hierarchy to the lower rungs of command. Therefore, junior commanders cannot be working hard while their superiors are idle.

This is indeed a difficult time for the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Nigerians as a whole. It is not time for attention-seeking individuals to cause needless distractions.

Major General Akpor therefore urged Nigerians to ignore Femi Fani-Kayode and continue to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities promptly to law enforcement agencies.

It seems FFk's father played an away match and gave birth to Reno. They contradict themselves a lot.

Only if the army can use the time they spend in replying fani kayode to go after the terrorists who attacked kuje prisons.
what is the gain after this long epistle and the military cannot apprehend those behind the dastardly act.

Only a week to that attack governor ortom gave an expo that the security situation was so bad that bandits will overrun aso rock soon if time was not taken due to complicity of the executive rather they chose to insut him.

If a governor could be privy to such security informations , the army , the dss , the police and all security outfits cannot claim not to have the littlest informations preceding such attack.

Nigeria Army is the equivalent of Boy's scout in some countries.

Is04970:
Nigeria Army is the equivalent of Boy's scout in some countries.

except boy's scouts dont kill civilians.

Nigerian army does - very strong whn it comes to killing civilians and turns paper tiger whn they meets boko.

Funny how the military shamelessly replied him. The bitter truth is starring us right in the face, the Nigerian military is finished. They are only powerful against unarmed civilians.

Nigerian army are terrorists themselves.. Airforce will leave target and be bombing citizens.. They are only good at killing unarmed citizens.. Cowards!
I heard some more persons kidnapped from the train,has been released by the terrorists.. It shows the prison break was actually for exchange.

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What a Shame! You Want to Create Bad Blood Between Service Personnel - Military Lashes Femi Fani-Kayode Over Allegations


The Military says, a viral video produced by Mr Femi Fani-Kayode, wherein he made wild and unsubstantiated allegations against the Armed Forces of Nigeria, regarding the recent spate of terrorist attacks particularly, the attack of the prison in Kuje - Abuja on 5 July 2022 is an attempt to smear the military and create bad blood between service personnel and the military high command.

Director Defence Information, Major General Jimmy Akpor in a statement made available to SpyeTV described Femi Fani-Kayode's allegations shameful and merely playing to the gallery and not in any position to know whether the DSS notified the military of any attack or not.

General Akpor explained that, ordinarily the video and its maker would have been ignored, considering the antecedents of the person behind it as a known Rabble-Rouser.

"However, in the interest of members of the public who might be misled by the deliberate falsehood and the sensibilities of service personnel and their families who have been paying dearly to keep Nigerians safe, it has become urgent to respond to the video currently circulating in the social media", he said.

He said among other allegations, Mr Femi Fani-Kayode claimed that the Department of State Security (DSS) informed the military about the impending attack on Kuje Custodial Centre and even the previous attack on the Kaduna - Abuja rail service.

General Akpor said, he also claimed that soldiers were withdrawn shortly before the prison attack.

"In all these allegations, Mr Kayode is merely playing to the gallery. He is not in any position to know whether the DSS notified the military of any attack or not.

"It may not be impossible that such a claim is part of a calculated attempt to cause division and rivalry amongst all Government Agencies that have been working collaboratively in addressing issues of insecurity in the country.

"The claim that soldiers were withdrawn from the Kuje Correctional Custodial Centre before the attack is laughable. It is sad that Mr Kayode is ignorant of whose responsibility it to guard prison.

General Akpor noted that,Femi Kayode further claimed that the military took no action on the recent Shiroro terrorists’ attack, which resulted in the unfortunate death of some soldiers, some policemen and members of the public.

According to Defence HQ spokesperson, Femi Fani-Kayode's video is a despicable statement that dishonours the sacrifices of the gallant officers and soldiers that paid the supreme price whilst responding in defence of the civilians and the mining community.

"What a shame! Mr Kayode is encouraged to pay more attention to the weekly briefs by Defence Media Operations. Defence Media Operations gives weekly briefs/updates on operations being conducted across the country; press releases on military operations are also made when the need arises.

He also advised Fani-Kayode to refresh himself on the constitutional roles of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.

In all, subordination to civil authority, is key. It is pertinent to state that, the Nigerian Armed Forces has toiled to sustain and nurture our democracy, hence the same military cannot contemplate a coup de tat, as alluded to by Mr Kayode in his video.

Defence spokesperson said, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen Lucky Irabor has always stressed the unalloyed loyalty of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to the President, Commander-in-Chief and the Nigerian Constitution.

Accordingly, as the 2023 General Elections approach, desperate persons must depart from their evil ways, for never again would they lure the military into their wicked machinations. If a confession must be made, Nigerians must know now: the military is always the worse victim of military rule.

Finally, in a miserable attempt to malign the leadership of the military, Mr Kayode gave the impression that, while junior military commanders and non-commissioned officers are working hard, senior commanders are doing nothing.

This is sheer ignorance and nothing more. Mr Kayode is completely oblivious of the fact that in the military, orders, instructions and directives are issued from the hierarchy to the lower rungs of command. Therefore, junior commanders cannot be working hard while their superiors are idle.

This is indeed a difficult time for the Armed Forces of Nigeria and Nigerians as a whole. It is not time for attention-seeking individuals to cause needless distractions.

Major General Akpor therefore urged Nigerians to ignore Femi Fani-Kayode and continue to remain vigilant and report suspicious activities promptly to law enforcement agencies.

That's the Nigerian way, hate the truth and hate the messenger of truth. In fact when two incompatible people, say Husband and wife that hate each other, when inlaw tells them the truth....dem go hate inlaw and use the hate to settle (temporarily) themselves LOL

Blackie ways of doing things

The military is not in position to issue defensive statements at this moment. Attack on a prison in Abuja is unacceptable. There's no how you will try to defend it and not sound stupid, some heads need to roll immediately.

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