See why Nigerian Army Invaded Daily Trust Newspaper Offices

The Nigerian armed force has discharged an announcement, uncovering why it attacked Daily Trust Newspaper workplaces in Abuja, Borno, and Lagos State yesterday.

The Nigerian armed force in its announcement guaranteed that Daily Trust unveiled subtleties of arranged military tasks against the Boko Haram fear based oppressors, and such divulgence adds up to a break of national security and negates Sections 1 and 2 of the Official Secrets Act.

The announcement peruses in full;

The Nigerian Army wishes to elucidate on a supposed attack of Media Trust Headquarters in Abuja and a territorial office in Maiduguri. We might want to express that warriors of the Nigerian Army alongside components of Nigeria Police Force and other Security Agencies were in fact at Abuja and Maiduguri workplaces of the distributing organization to welcome the staff of the organization over its lead story on Sunday Trust production, which unveiled grouped military data, consequently undermining national security.

In it, the paper made revealed subtleties of arranged military tasks against the Boko Haram fear based oppressors. The revelation of grouped security data adds up to a break of national security and negate Sections 1 and 2 of the Official Secrets Act.

It managed the Boko Haram psychological militants earlier notice of our plans and giving them an early cautioning to get ready against the Nigerian military, hence subverting the arranged tasks and putting the lives of troops in up and coming and clear threat.

We might want to express that the welcome of those in charge of unveiling military designs was finished with the best of goal so as to influence them to understand the import of such acts to our national security.

We, hence, exhortation all, especially columnists, not to stress but rather participate in their responsive reportage and to be proficient as the Nigerian Army has no goal of gagging the press or endangering press opportunity.

We, be that as it may, wish to charge further that they ought to shun endangering national security in their reportage. We would not endure the circumstance where a production would reliably agree with fear based oppressors and undermine our National organizations.

We wish to engage all, particularly the media, to hold hands with the Nigerian military and security powers to end fear mongering and rebellion in Nigeria. We might want to additionally guarantee that the welcome is for further examination and if require be, every one of those at fault of imperiling tasks security will be indicted by the significant law authorization organization.

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Much obliged to you for your thoughtful participation.

SANI KUKASHEKA USMAN

Brigadier General

Chief Army Public Relations