By Celestine Okafor (Editor-in-Chief/Defence Correspondent)
The Nigerian Army (NA) has said it's attention has been drawn to a doctored video footage released by secessionist sympathisers on Youtube, featuring blurred images of some persons dressed in green camouflage destroying a farmland in an undisclosed location, recently.
The Army therefore warned the general public to disregard such video as it was designed to denegrate the reputation and image of the Nigerian Army. It said the authors of the video mischievously attributed the action of the persons to the military by falsely claiming they are soldiers and invariably personnel of the Nigerian Army.
A statement on Saturday July 24, 2021, by the Director, Army Public Relations, Brigadier-General Onyema Nwachukwu, however said that following a fact finding investigation on the video by subjecting it to credible reverse image, it was discovered that the video was first published on YouTube channel "BIAFRA BOY".
The Army also said that "investigation also revealed that the image of the men in green camouflage was deliberately blurred to conceal their identity from viewers. Similarly the authors failed to identify the location, community, or Local Government Area the incident occurred.
"Given these facts, it is apparent that the video footage is a deliberate propaganda by the Eastern Security Network (ESN) to bring the reputation and image of the Nigerian Army to disrepute by portraying personnel of the Nigerian Army as enemies of the people.
"Members of the general public are please urged to be warry of such negative propaganda materials and subject them to thorough scrutiny. We therefore urge the public to please discountenance the propaganda video as it is the machination of mischief makers targeting the Nigerian military.
"We reassure the general public that the Nigerian Army will continue to operate professionally regardless of all divisive propaganda. We assure all peace loving Nigerians of our commitment to aid civil authorities in the containment of security challenges in line with constitutional provisions", the statement said. NNL.
