The Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi, says the net video trending exhibiting a person hanging an AK-47 Riffle presupposed to be him is mischievous.
The Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to the minister, Mr Muhammad Abdulkadri, in an announcement on Sunday, stated there was the necessity to counter the narrative.
Abdulkadri stated: “To claim that the person in the video is Gen. Magashi is false and misinforming.
“Findings have revealed the undeniable identity of the person in the video as the rector of a Nigerian army college.
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“By virtue of the rector’s command and position, he is statutorily allowed in the military to sign for weapons when travelling.
“The Army green colour on the vehicle shown in the video and the unit sticker on the official vehicle are enough evidences to neutralise the spurious claim in the video.”
Abdulkadri additionally stated that the car within the video being known as the official car is just not the minister’s official automotive.
“Going by the verifiable and tenable analysis of the video, the minister is not the person in the video as being portrayed,” he stated.
(NAN)
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