The Nigerian Army has debunked a trending report that some of its officers and soldiers were involved in serious misconduct and partisanship during the presidential and National Assembly elections held on February 25.
The reports which circulated in some news media and blogs in the last few days had claimed that Governor of the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN), Godwin Emefiele, had conspired with an unnamed General in the Army who ordered the deployment of troops to some locations in Lagos State for the election to be rigged in favour of the Labour Party.
But the Director, Army Public Relations, Brig. Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu, who reacted to the rumours in a statement on Monday, dismissed the stories, saying they were the handiwork of some interest groups that the service prevented from influencing the elections through violence.
