International news agency, Reuters, has withdrawn its controversial video which portrayed the Nigerian Army in a Joint Task Force, JTF operating shooting unarmed captives in Maiduguri, the Borno State capital.
In the story, published Sunday, Reuters reported it was in possession of an amateur video footage showing Nigerian soldiers murdering its unarmed captives.
But shortly after the story was published and which went viral on major Nigerian blogs, the JTF faulted the video, saying it contained manipulated footages put together by propagandists to portray the Nigerian military in bad light.
Following the rebuttal, the news agency has now pulled down the report from its website, and publishing in its place a notice announcing the withdrawal of the story.
“Please be advised that the Nigeria story issued on November 18, 2012, reporting that a video showed Nigerian troops shooting unarmed captives, is withdrawn,” read the notice, posted at 8.21 p.m U.S. time Monday.
“The story is withdrawn because questions have been raised about the date and location of the video.”
The agency however did not say whether it would republish the report after scrutinizing the video for its authenticity and verifying the report.
The JTF had stoutly stood by its men as it denied they were the actors in a short video Reuters said was made available to it to by a soldier.
The spokesman of the JTF, Col. Sagir Musa, dismissed the film Monday as a propaganda package by the terror group operating in the region.
“We are professionally guided by a mandate and rules of engagement in the conduct of our operations,” he said. Going further, he disclosed, “in our code of conduct and standing instructions, no JTF personnel is allowed to carry video or still camera and cell phones while on operations.”
oh nigerians a u aware up nigerian army were cruppted nw.wat can u say
those red collar millitary are fucken liars; they know about such killings but they deny it always and always……………………..
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