The Nigerian Army on Wednesday absolved itself from allegation of confiscation of neighborhood land for a proposed civil-military intervention undertaking in Orolu Community, Osun State.
This was contained in an announcement by Brig -Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, the Director, Army Public Relations, in Abuja.
Nwachukwu mentioned that one Chief Babatunde Oyetunji, Eesa of Ifon, had in an announcement alleged that the Nigerian Army had determined to forcefully purchase land for a proposed undertaking in Orolu Community.
He mentioned the allegations had been solely false, malicious and an effort by some vested pursuits to tarnish the great repute of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) and drag the title of the establishment in the mud.
“The fact of the matter is that one of the lines of operations of the Nigerian army in tackling security challenges in the country is the Non-kinetic line of operations.
“It is a soft approach, aimed at winning the hearts and minds of the public through the instrumentality of Civil-Military Cooperation activities or programmes of the Nigerian Army.
“Hence, the Nigerian army usually executes special community intervention projects, such as hospitals, boreholes, electrification amongst others based on needs assessment, after consultations with the leadership of such communities, at the behest of senior officers, who hail from the benefiting community,” he mentioned.
