The Central Naval Command, Nigerian Navy, Yenagoa, has
clarified that the rating officer that died in the command last Saturday was
not due to violence during the State Assembly election in Bayelsa.
Flag Officer Commanding the Central Naval Command, Rear
Admiral Saidu Garba, made the clarification in a statement on Monday in
Yenagoa.
Garba, in the statement signed by Commodore Joseph Akpan,
Officer Commanding the Central Naval Command, said the deceased did not die in
Brass Local Government Area of the state as being speculated.
The flag officer commanding said that though the command
lost a rating officer, his death was not related to either any violence or
politics related.
He disclosed that the late naval rating was on escort duty
onboard a ship at the sea which unfortunately came under an attack offshore
Brass.
The flag officer commanding said the officer suffered a
fatal gunshot wound and later died in a hospital in Brass town.
He said: “the command wishes to state unequivocally that
personnel of the Nigerian Navy remains apolitical, resolutely neutral and will
continue to adhere strictly to its professional code of conduct.
“The media is hereby advised to always verify information
from the approximate source before rushing to press in order to avoid spreading
fake news that is capable of misleading the public,” he said.
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