Nigerian Navy denies Being Involved in APC Data Office Invasion
Officials of the Nigerian Navy has denied being involved in the chaos that occurred at the All Progressives Congress’ data centre in Ikeja, Lagos when some operatives of the State Security Service and other security agencies invaded the data centre and arrested some staff of the consulting company.
The Information Officer of the Western Naval Command, Abdusallam Sanni, released a statement on behalf of the Flag Officer Commanding of the command, Rear Admiral Sanmi Alade, saying:
“Nigerian Navy is a non partisan organisation and do not meddle in politics. The Navy has not deployed any of its personnel to any political party’s office.
“However, we have commenced investigation and the video footage alleged is being carefully studied to ascertain those behind the said incident.
”I want to assure you that the Nigerian Navy has zero tolerance to indiscipline and unruly behaivours to the general public. If confirmed that Nigerian Navy personnel are involved in this undesirable behaviours they will be sanctioned and appropriate punishment will be awarded.”
