Press Release

Re: ***An Open letter to the Chief of Army Staff***

The attention of the family of Late Warrant Officer, (WO) Useni Ali Bajon was drawn to an open letter written by one Ramadan Buba Dorofi to the Chief of Army Staff, (COS) Lt. Gen. T Y Buratai.

According to Ramadan Buba Dorofi, who used the picture of the burial of late (WO) Useni Ali Bajon which took place in Takum yesterday the 12th of February, 2019, alleged that the Taraba state Governor and PDP trained militias to be used as fake soldiers during this general election.

We want to make it known to the military High Authority and the general public that, Ramadan Buba Dorofi's claims are baseless and frustrated lies as the pictures he used are the pictures of Soldiers from 303 Air Defense Artillery 3DIV Maxwell Khobe Cantonment, (Rukuba Barracks), Jos and men of 93 Battalion, Ada Bareack Takum who were assigned to conduct a burial party in honour of the fallen soldier. late (WO), Useni Ali Bajon died in active service on 5th of February 2019 and his remain was conveyed to Takum, his hometown for final internment.

Because the Military Vans that conveyed the soldiers to the venue of the funeral was returned to the barrack for the show of force, therefore, the Marshal Van whose driver is also the late soldiers younger brother used the van and the council bus to carry the soldiers to the grave site.

The Military High Authority should know that the soldiers were real soldier on official assignment covered by the signal sent by 303 Air Defense Artillery which can be confirmed.

The HQ Defense should disregard this lies from an APC agent, who is bent at destroying the good reputation of Governor Darius, the good people of Taraba state and Takum Local Government. The Governor of Taraba state did not train any militias and there are not any militias in Takum.

The bereaved family lament that at the time of their grief, Ramadan Buba Dorofi took advantage of their painful moment to make a show of fools. By implicating the ruling Taraba state government of PDP shows how debased his hateful disposition is toward the peaceful atmosphere in the state.

Therefore the family of WO Useni Ali Bajon condemn this false claims and baseless allegations and request the COAS to investigate this case and bring Ramadan Dorofi to book, because this is a form of hate speech that is capable of raising dust that aren't needful.

Samuel Timothy
For: Christian Youth Initiative (CYI)

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