The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has refuted a newspaper report, which gave an indication that it is on the verge of retiring some of its high ranking officers in connection with arms purchase scandal.
The Air Force in a statement issued on Tuesday by Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, Director of Public Relations and Information, said its attention “has been drawn to the publication on pages 1-2 of New Telegraph newspaper of Monday 13 June 2016 titled ‘Arm Scandal: Air Force to retire AVMs, Commodores.’”
The publication, according to the spokesman alleged that “the NAF is at the verge of retiring a number of senior officers connected with the ongoing investigation of arms purchase under the immediate past administration.”
The Air Force high command dismissed the story as unfounded and did not emanate from the NAF. It advised the media to always confirm stories with the NAF before publication.
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