Nigeria: Military Condemns Amnesty Int'l Report As Blackmail, Concocted

3 June 2015

Abuja — The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has condemned the gruesome allegations made by the Amnesty International against some senior military officers, serving and retired, of the Nigerian Armed Forces, describing them as concocted and a blackmail.

The Director of Defence Information (DDI), Maj-Gen. Chris Olukolade, expressed dismay in a statement on Wednesday over the indictment of four serving and retired military chiefs including the incumbent Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-Gen. Kenneth Minimah, and as well as their immediate predecessors, Admiral Ola Sa'ad Ibrahim (rtd) and Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika (rtd).

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