Central Force Against Fakenews (CFAF), A group dedicated to fact-checking security issues in Nigeria, has dismissed reports that 356 military personnel are leaving the Nigerian Armed Forces.
CFAF’s President, Aminu Bisku, said the report was sponsored by terrorist organizations operating in the Northeast to weaken Nigerian troops who in the last three months put them under intense heat.
CFAF added that the logic behind the information cannot even stand the slightest scrutiny as it does not appeal to common sense.
The report which was carried on an online medium claimed that 356 military personnel wanted to pull out from the force citing ‘loss of interest’ in the job as the major reason.
Bisku rubbished the claim as a deliberate fabrication by terrorist organizations operating in the Northeast of Nigeria, to dampen the morale of fighting troops.
CFAF President said all the claims in the story can be punctured due to a number of reasons, chiefly among, he added is that 356 persons cannot all cite the same reason for leaving an organization.
“People leave organizations for different reasons people view developments differently, but it is almost impossible for hundreds of people to want to leave an organization for the same reason,” he said.
Bisku said for such to happen then all the 350 personnel must have been put in a classroom and tutored how to write their retirement letters.
“Remember the 356 were not said to have been shortlisted for retirement but were said to have acted on their own, so it would have been difficult to arrive at a round figure as the one in the report.
“It would have been believable if they had said 218 or 341 or any such accidental figures but for a voluntary independent action to stop at a round figure of 356! you know that some people are trying to be mischievous. And because the sponsors of the story have a mindset, that was how they came up with a round figure of 356,” he added.
