The Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has denied a newspaper report that it is planning to compulsorily retired some Air Vice Marshalls over involvement in fraudulent arms deals.
Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa, director of NAF Public Relations described the story as false in statement issued on Tuesday.
The statement issued by NAF reads: “The attention of the Nigerian Air Force 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 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.
“It is pertinent to state that this story is unfounded and did not emanate from the NAF.
“The Press is therefore please advised to always confirm their story with the NAF before publication”.
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