PRESS RELEASE

VIDEO CLIP PORTRAYING THE ALLEGE CAPTURE AND KILLING OF SOME NIGERIAN SOLDIERS BY BOKO HARAM TERRORISTS ON 10 DECEMBER 2019 IS FALSE

The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to a viral, unsubstantiated and apparently fabricated video clip circulating on the social media portraying the stage managed/so called capture and killing of some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram terrorists on the 10th of December 2019.

The Nigerian Army wishes to emphatically state that there was no incident that involved the "capture and killing of tens and tens of Nigerian soldiers on the 10th of December 2019" as mischievously and wickedly portrayed in the video.

Similarly, preliminary observation of the video clip (even by the amateur) will reveal that the video was doctored and that the entire events captured in the footage was not an occurrence that took place at any point in time within the shores of Nigeria.

To this end the Nigerian Army is hereby calling on the members of the general public and indeed personnel of the Nigerian Army especially those in the North East theatre of operation to disregard the sinister, very inciting and divisive video concocted and peddled by the outlawed IPOB members whose main objective is the disunity and fragmentation of Nigeria as clearly shown or espoused in the video.

Accordingly, the call by one Simon Ekpa, (the principal actor in the clip), calling on soldiers of South East extraction presently serving in the North East to desert the Army and return to Biafra as well as calling on South Easterners not to join the Nigerian Army is an obvious indication of the essence and objective of the masterminds of this fake video which should be dicountenanced by the public.

Meanwhile the leadership of the Nigerian Army wish to also reiterate its unflinching commitment to sustain the war against terrorism and shall not be deterred by the evil machinations or propagandist activities of mischievous persons whose main interest is the disunity of our beloved nation.

SAGIR MUSA
Colonel
Acting Director Army Public Relations
11 December 2019

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The name Simon Ekpa sounds like calabar or Akwa Ibom name, but the man speaking is definitely igbo. The video is propaganda.

It only remains for the authorities to say that IPOB is Boko haram

Everything is now blamed on IPOB. How can the Nigerian Army say that IPOB concocted a video of Nigerian Soldiers being executed?

They are doing everything to paint IPOB as an armed group yet nobody has ever seen IPOB with arms

Oshey baddest! Nnamdi kanu's boiz are now doing Clarence peters for Shekau's boiz.

IPOP shot it , ndị ara Nigerian army

rottennaija:
The name Simon Ekpa sounds like calabar or Akwa Ibom name, but the man speaking is definitely igbo. The video is propaganda.

the video is not propaganda, it is real.

We dont expect nigeria army to admit that the video is real.



But the truth is any eastern that die in the name of fighting boko haram died for nothing.

following

The military armed robbers.
Nigerian army has no credibility.

I believe IPOB more than the thieving army.
Their generals stole the country dry.

Tranquillity360:
We dont expect nigeria army to admit that the video is real.



But the truth is any eastern that die in the name of fighting boko haram died for nothing.

Gbam

Zero intelligence! Stupid, irresponsible and shameless lying government/agencies.Babajide Otitoju of TVC will soon help then debunk this rubbish.

Meanwhile,wait also for Shekau to re-confirm same & slaughter you or your relative for us to tag it this way.Shameless liars & hypocrites.RIP departed brethren.You blood will be visited on your real killers that played with your demise.

OK

OK noted, next?

The rate at which fake news travels on a daily in dx country is directly proportional to the speed of light

These worthless IPOB miscreants are always up to no good

These confused entities again?

as if yall will agree b4. na today dem dey kill una like fowl. keep deceiving yourself.

gaetano:
Oshey baddest! Nnamdi kanu's boiz are now doing Clarence peters for Shekau's boiz.

IPOP shot it , ịdị ara

rottennaija:
The name Simon Ekpa sounds like calabar or Akwa Ibom name, but the man speaking is definitely igbo. The video is propaganda.

U should have read the comments also. Funny enough those people comments there are from North.

Army should please stop deceiving us, we watch the video and it was real.

LOL
Yet one wonders why the war against BH has not been won. When you have people this dumb in charge of security, you shouldnt be surprised

zibya:
These worthless IPOB miscreants are always up to no good

as if ur life is better off, a glorified ode

Ipob strong oh... Lol

Hmmm...
Who do we believe now, the Army press statement or BH Boys?
I use to think this guys have been totally neutralized, never knew they still exist and are wasking in strength.
God keep protecting the lives of those who are trying their best to keep Nigeria as one. God bless all our forces.

Blame game, people would be slaughtered all in the name of serving our corntree and you guys would be lying.. Don't understand oo

Here we go again with the blame game

As usual de will want to hide it

Awon audio killing

The man in the video is definitely Igbo, no denying. his aim is to portray the ibos as the enemy of nigeria, although many of his clans share the same view as his. ibos cannot be more patriotic than other tribes in the Nigerian Army.

Useless army.
Na hausa dey cororoborate the video.
On their page o

I believe IPOB more than the Nigerian army. meanwhile Ekpa is an Igbo name, the guy has never claimed he is from Calabar.
Ikpa and Ekpa are names you find in Igbere Abiraja