The Nigerian Army said it has commenced the investigation of a trending picture allegedly of its personnel, mimicking the four by four fingers display of President Muhammadu Buhari.
President Buhari made the symbol popular when he presented the 2019 Budget to a joint session of the National Assembly and displayed his fingers to indicate he will win another four years as president of Nigeria, making a total of eight years in the presidency.
However, the Nigerian Army in a statement by its acting spokesman, Colonel Sagir Musa, said the service was investigation the photographs as it has warned its personnel against partisanship.
Musa said in the statement on Wednesday: “The attention of the Nigerian Army (NA) has been drawn to a picture of four armed men dressed in what looks like military camouflage in a 4 x 4 finger sign supposedly connoting a campaign symbol of a political party which is against the rules and regulations of the NA.
“The NA wishes to dissociate itself from the picture even as it has commenced immediate investigation with the view to ascertain the source and authenticity of the pictures and the soldiers’ involved. If the outcome of the investigation confirm this to be true, appropriate sanctions would be provided. NA of today under the command of Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai do not condone or encourage indiscipline and any form of professional misconduct.
“On many occasions, the Chief of Army Staff has made it strongly clear that Army personnel will remain neutral, totally apolitical and will not compromise its constitutional roles under any guise.”
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