Nigerian Amry
The Defence Headquarters has responded to the allegations of s3xual offences levelled in opposition to the navy by Amnesty International.
Addressing an information convention on Friday in Borno state, the Director Defence Information, Brigadier General John Agim, warned that the navy would now not tolerate such accusations.
He said this after main a crew from the DHQ to Maiduguri, to analyze the allegations of rape and different s3xual offences allegedly by troopers positioned in Internally Displaced Persons (IDP) camps.
Agim advised reporters that the crew visited caregivers, camp officers, and girls leaders within the camps, after which the navy concluded that Amnesty International’s claims had been unfaithful.
The Defence spokesman additional questioned the motives of Amnesty International for repeatedly making allegations allegedly able to presenting the Nigerian Army personnel as monsters.
To this finish, he alleged that the organization has not solely positioned itself as an enemy of the Nigerian Army however the nation as an entire.
“I have interacted with the stakeholders in the camps that the Nigerian Armed Forces has neither molested, s3xually assaulted nor raped any IDP as alleged by Amnesty International recent concocted report,” he mentioned. “In the Armed Forces, we keep that we don't condone rape and do not need rapists amongst us.
“You have also established that soldiers are not deployed inside the IDP camps; hence, the need to take you round the two most populous camps in Borno State which are Bakassi IDP Camp with over 35,000 displaced persons from five different local governments areas namely: Marte, Monguno, Gwoza, Gwuzamala and Nganzan, as well as Dalori IDP Camp with over 7,800 persons from Bama and Konduga local governments respectively,” the navy spokesman added.