Maƙalaɗan Sojojin Nijeriya sun ƙaryata zargin cewa an naɗa wani jami’i a matsayin COAS mai aiki. A cewar Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, babu wata ƙungiya a cikin Sojojin Nijeriya da ta sanar da naɗin wani jami’i a matsayin COAS mai aiki.
Zargin ya taso ne bayan wasiku da aka yi na karyatawa zargin cewa Janar Taoreed Lagbaja, Babban Hafsan Sojojin Ƙasa, ya mutu. Lagbaja ya bar ƙasar tun daga watan Satumba don yaɗa hutu na kwana a waje, abin da ya sa aka yi zargin cewa yana da matsala ta lafiya.
Gusau ya bayyana cewa, “Defence Headquarters tana neman ayyana cewa ba ta sanar da naɗin wani jami’i a matsayin COAS mai aiki, a kishi da zargin da wasu kafofin watsa labarai suka yi.” Ya ci gaba da cewa, “Babban Hafsan Sojojin Ƙasa, Janar Taoreed Lagbaja, yanzu haka yana yaɗa hutu mai yawa a shekarar 2024. AFN ƙungiya ce da aka gudanar da ta kwarai, kuma dukkan Hafsoshin Aikin Soja suna gudanar da ayyukansu kamar yadda Katubawar Tarayyar Nijeriya ta tanada. Janar Abdulsalam Bagudu Ibrahim, Babban Hafsan Manufofin da Shirye-shirye, yana bayar da bayanan yau da kullun ga COAS a ƙarƙashin Standard Operating Procedures”.
Gusau ya kuma yi nuni da cewa, Janar Christopher Musa, Babban Hafsan Tsaro, ya yi magana da Janar Taoreed Lagbaja, inda ya tabbatar da cewa COAS yana lafiya. Ya ce, “COAS yana lafiya kuma zai dawo aikinsa ba da jimawa bayan ya kammala hutarsa”.
Kafafen yada labarai suna shawarce su tabbatar da bayanai tare da masu iko da suka dace kafin su yada labarai na karya ga jama’a. CDS ya yi magana da COAS kwanaki kaɗan da suka gabata”.
