Army mistakenly attributes weapons recovered from bandits to Shiites

In the words of the Nigerian Army, all the weapons recovered from the Shiite sect during their bloody clash have been handed over to the police.

However, the Headquarters of 1 Division, Nigerian Army has drawn attention to a recent publication in which a particular photograph was erroneously displayed during a press conference by the General Officer Commanding, GOC 1 Division in Kaduna on January 6, 2016 with the view to correct the mistake in the caption.

In a press statement issued by the Deputy Director, Army Public Relations, Colonel Usman Abdul, the Army said ;

“We wish to state categorically that all the ammunitions/weapons and other dangerous weapons displayed were recovered from armed bandits, criminals and cattle rustlers that have been terrorizing innocent civil populace within the North West Zone and not from the members of the Shiite sect as reported.

“The issue of the clash between the Nigerian Army troops and members of the Shiite sect was not the main issue of the briefing but was only mentioned to reiterate the position of the Nigerian Army on the matter. All sort of weapons recovered specifically from the Shiite sect have been handed over the Police authority few days after the incident.”