Operation Positive Identification: Army berates Bricks media over spread of falsehood, says operation aimed at fleeing insurgents

The Nigerian Army has called on Nigerians to sieve every information they get from the social media before sharing same to unsuspecting members of the public.

Acting Director of Army Public Relations Col Sagir Musa gave the charge while reacting to the widespread apprehension on the purported Nigerian Army operation positive identification from 1 November to 23 December 2019, as mischievously peddled on the social media by Bricks company, alleging that the Army will conduct the operation and how the operation will be conducted by the Army.

Bricks in the post had specifically, alleged that – “residents shall witness large numbers of uniformed Nigerian Army personnel parading the roads in an exercise known as OPI”.

Col Sagir noted that: “The Nigerian Army has nothing to do with the so called Bricks company and its illusionary OPI, it is not an army operation and the Nigerian Army does not create any operation with such name or abbreviation in all its operations across the nation in a manner maliciously presented by the so called Bricks company.

“Similarly, Nigerian Army has never issued press release through private companies or third parties because it has a full-fledged Directorate that coordinates its public relations and Information aspects which has a robust cordial working relationship with the press”.

He recalled that in order to compliment the ongoing operations in the North East, the Nigerian Army has an ongoing operation positive identification which is intelligence driven, deliberate, targeted operation and not an independent operation but is integral and complimentary to Operation LAFIYA DOLE in the North East.

The aim of the operation he said is to arrest all those terrorists fleeing or escaping the war zone and the Theatre of operation to a safe haven or peaceful areas in Nigeria.

 While calling on members of the public to discountenanced the hitherto faceless and mischievous Bricks company and its alleged NA OPI, Col Sagir enjoined all Nigerians to cooperate with the Nigerian Army and all other security agencies by giving credible information that will assist in the identification and eventual arrest of the fleeing criminals/terrorists in any part of our beloved country.