ALLEGED PIPELINE VANDALISM IS A FIRE INCIDENT FROM BUSH BURNING - Nigerian Military

The attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to a newspaper report of Wednesday 18 January 2017 with the caption: “Militants Blow up Pipeline After Osinbajo Visit”, in Ughelli, Delta State, apparently in defiance of the efforts of the Federal Government at addressing issues in that region.

The said report to say the least is not only a ruse but a complete imagination of its author as the said incident was a bush burning which was immediately put under control.  This prompt action prevented environmental catastrophe that the incident might have caused.

   

I am to once again appeal to media practitioners who are also stakeholders in nation building to properly verify issues of defence and security matter especially as it affects the economic security of our nation before going to press to avoid causing unnecessary apprehension among the populace. 

There is the need for all people of goodwill to work in synergy with security agencies towards the betterment of the region in particular and the country in general.

                                                                                                Brigadier General RABE ABUBAKAR

Acting Director Defence Information