The Nigerian Army has decried the posting of images of the
soldiers killed by terrorists in the Ajata-Aboki, Gurmana ward in Shiroro Local
Government Area of Niger State on Thursday.
The gunmen had attacked a mining site in the area killing
over thirty Nigerian soldiers, seven mobile policemen and six civilians, just
as scores were wounded and several others abducted.
The Army in a press statement signed by Brigadier General,
Onyema Nwachukwu, Director Army Public Relations urged Nigerians to show some
restrain in posting such images.
He argued that those who lost their breadwinners deserved to
be properly notified of the incident and not to get such information through
the media.
Nwachukwu said,” some clips of the incident have surfaced
online and we wish to encourage well meaning Nigerians to exercise some
restraint in posting images of such occurrence, mindful that our brothers and
sisters who may have lost their breadwinners deserve to be properly notified
and not to get such information via the media. We mention this, mindful of the
inalienable rights of citizens to use the social media which is respected”.
The Director Army Public Relations explained that the
soldiers paid the supreme price on their way to respond to a distress call of
an attack on a mining site in the area, when they ran into an ambush staged by
the criminal elements.
According to him, “the troops of the Nigerian Army (NA)
deployed in Shiroro general area responded to a distress call of bandits attack
on people operating a mining site. Enroute the location, the troops ran into an
ambush staged by the criminal elements. Sadly, a number of personnel paid the
supreme price in fierce firefight that ensued.”
The statement also stated that the location had been
reinforced and troops were on the trail of the criminals with some already
neutralized, adding, “the GOC 1 Division has moved to the location to take
charge of the follow up operations”.
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