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Contrary to a societal media station alleging that troops of the Nigerian Army person arrested a pupil of Taraba State University, Mr Yebsonya Gamboro, the authorities person described the assertion arsenic a distortion of information and acold from the concern connected the ground.
In a connection issued to newsmen by the acting adjunct director, Army Public Relations, 6 Brigade Nigerian Army, Lieutenant Umar Muhammad, clarified that the pupil successful question was not among those initially apprehended during a societal relation connected the campus.
It dispelled the rumour, saying its unit did not unlawfully apprehension oregon prime up Mr Gamboro connected Friday, October 10, 2025, arsenic claimed connected societal media.
The connection reads successful part, “The Brigade wishes to clarify that Mr Yebsonya Gamboro was not among the students initially apprehended and questioned connected the said day for illegally wearing subject camouflage during a societal relation held wrong the schoolhouse premises.
“Those students were instantly released aft questioning.
“However, consequent probe revealed that Mr Gamboro was aboriginal seen wearing subject camouflage and was questioned by a chap student, Manga Emmanuel Manga, a 200-level Computer Science pupil who is besides a serving unit (Ex-Boy).
“This brushwood reportedly led to an altercation. During the confrontation, Mr Gamboro allegedly called immoderate friends and assaulted Mr Manga, during which the latter’s mobile telephone was reported missing.
“Following the incident, immoderate of Mr Manga’s colleagues sought assistance to contiguous Mr Gamboro to the Brigade for questioning.
“He was subsequently released the pursuing greeting and handed implicit to the assemblage information serviceman for further probe and due administrative action, aimed astatine recovering the missing phone.
The connection further explained that the 6 Brigade office remains committed to upholding the regularisation of law, owed process and maintaining cordial relations with each institutions wrong Taraba State, including Taraba State University.
“It is, however, important to enactment that Section 110 (1) and Section 251 of the Criminal Code Act (Laws of the Federation of Nigeria) marque it unlawful for immoderate idiosyncratic who is not a serving subordinate of the Armed Forces to deterioration oregon usage subject uniforms oregon accoutrements, arsenic doing truthful constitutes an offence punishable nether the law,” Muhammad said.
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