The Nigerian Army has debunked a report that troops of Egwu Eke lll, also known as Operation Python Dance 3, shot or wounded persons in Aba, Abia. Col. Sagir Musa, Deputy Director, Public Relations, 82 Division of the Nigerian Army, made the denial in a statement in Enugu on Saturday. He said that the publication gathering attention in the social media was by – Starcoded.com.ng on Feb. 7. “Unfortunately, some of the misguided traders and hoodlums loitering around started chanting anti-soldier commentaries, with some of them boldly obstructing troops’ movements. “This situation, necessarily, in the circumstance, caused two of the personnel to fire warning shots to disperse the surging crowd,’’ he said.

Source: Punch February 09, 2019 18:33 UTC