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The Nigerian Army has frowned at another falsehood on fraudulent financial demands making the rounds on some social media platforms purportedly emanating from the Nigerian Army, where some faceless unscrupulous persons are soliciting funds for the vetting of selected trainees undergoing training already at the Depot, Nigerian Army, Zaria.
Army spokesperson on Thursday, Maj. General Onyema Nwachukwu in a press statement declared that this claim is not only fraudulent but criminal and must be nipped in the bud before it festers.
He explained that it is common knowledge throughout the history of the Nigerian Army, that the training of potential recruits and officer cadets is fully funded and borne by the Nigerian Army.
"Therefore, attempts to fleece unsuspecting members of the public, whose wards successfully scaled through the meticulous and rigorous process of screening and are currently in training as potential recruits are viewed as serious criminal intent aimed at tarnishing the reputation of the Nigerian Army," he noted
The Nigerian Army therefore urged parents and guardians to jettison such spurious requests in whatever guise and to report anyone trying to fleece them, noting that already, efforts are on to track the source of these messages to bring them to book.
The Nigerian Army reiterates that the training of potential recruits and officer cadets is fully funded and borne by the Nigerian Army. Members of the general public are urged to be wary of the antics of criminals to scam them.