Fake female Major not with IED or children

A FAKE Nigerian Army official with the rank of a Major was not carrying any Improvised Explosive Device (IED), neither was she with kidnapped children, Army headquarters said yesterday.

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A FAKE Nigerian Army official with the rank of a Major was not carrying any Improvised Explosive Device (IED), neither was she with kidnapped children, Army headquarters said yesterday.

The female “Army Major” who was arrested along Gwagwalada road also claimed to be a medical doctor in the army.

Acting Director, Army Public Relations, Col. Sani Usman said the imposter, Juliana Gumel was alone when she was arrested and is currently under interrogation.

Usman said, “She claimed to be a medical doctor and a “major” with a fake Private Soldier’s outdated identity card. But not with IED. I believe Guards Brigade or the Nigeria Police will issue a formal statement on it.”

In the meantime, the Nigerian Defence Headquarters yesterday raised the alarm that criminals now disguise as personnel of the Nigerian Armed Forces to get access to public places to commit  crimes and detonate their explosives to kill innocent citizens in their desperation to perpetrate their terrorists activities.

In a statement in Abuja by the Director, Defence Information, Brig General Abubakar Rabe, the military high command said the recent arrest of a fake Major in uniform and the killing of four security operatives guarding a facility in Rivers State by some unknown gunmen in military uniforms indicate the length desperate criminals would go.

He said while the military and other security agencies are exploiting all means to end the insurgency, militancy and all other forms of criminalities from our country, the general public must be on the watch in all public places and report any suspicious person or group posing as military personnel to security agencies.

“The general public are further advised to be more vigilant in crowded places as terrorists can disguise in any form to achieve their evil intents including the use of military uniforms,” he said.

SOURCE: THE NATION NEWSPAPER