Director of Defence Information (DDI), Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade
The Defence Headquarters has denied
media reports that it has set up panel and arrested several soldiers in
connection with the recent incident where hundreds of civilians were
alleged to have been killed in Baga border town of Borno State during a
firefight between the Multinational Task Force (MTF) and members of the
Boko Haram Islamic Sect.
This was contained in a statement
signed Saturday by the Director of Defence Information (DDI),
Brig-Gen. Chris Olukolade to confirm the report.
Olukolade said that the said report,
which claimed the arrest of 15 soldiers over the Baga incident is
totally false and "sensational".
Meanwhile, Senator Maina Maaji Lawan,
who represents the senatorial zone of Borno State where the attack took
place, insists over 200 people lost their lives during the incident.
"I personally visited three graveyards
in Baga and counted 228 graves where victims had been buried," he said
in a report carried by Reuters on Saturday.
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