ALLEGED PENDING RETIREMENT OF NIGERIAN AIR FORCE OFFICERS NOT TRUE - NAF

The  Nigerian Air Force (NAF) has said the alleged pending retirement of some of its senor officers in connectionn with Arm Scandal investigation as published by some media outlet not true.  

In a statement by the Group Captain Ayodele Famuyiwa said there was no pending plans to retire some of the force senior officer as claimed by certain media outlet.

The statement reads:

The attention of the Nigerian Air Force (NAF) 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.
You are please requested to publish this information through your mass medium for the awareness of the general public. Thank you for your support and usual cooperation.
AYODELE FAMUYIWA
Group Captain
Director of Public
Relations & Informationtion