Buratai To Media: Stop addressing Boko Haram with ‘glorifying titles’
The Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has urged the Nigerian press to stop using “glorifying” titles while addressing the Boko Haram insurgents.
He said callng the insurgents such names “has further boosted the image of the criminal gang thus assuming larger than life status.”Speaking through the acting Director Army Public Relation, Sagir Musa, the army chief said “it is wrong for any person to eulogise or support murderers, bandits and armed robbers that the known Boko Haram terrorists group has turned into.
Mr Musa, an army colonel said: “the Chief of Army Staff said that it is also important to note that the mode of operation of these elements, is pure criminality for personal gains. “Unfortunately, many Nigerians are not aware that giving prominence to the criminal activities of the terrorists group through sensational headlines and fake news in both electronic and print media could also amount to tacit support to terrorism which violates the Terrorism Prevention Act 2011.“It is therefore important that all Nigerians to rally round our gallant troops as they fight these criminals.
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