NA; the Private soldier arrested for cult activities is Igbavbou Lucky and not Private Opiri Stephen,

Nigeria Army provide an authentic information about private soldier arrested and paraded by Police, related to cult activities.

According to Nigeria 4 Brigade Headquarter, said that the arrested private soldier was Igbavbuo Lucky, and not Opiri Stephen as it was reported by the media yesterday.

Also Nigeria Army said that Army is professional Organization, and did not allowed any of it personal to belong to any confraternity.

Nigeria army make these know on their Twitter handle, according to the tweets “Attention of HQ 4 Bde NA has been drawn to a publication on 23 March,2019. It was alleged that Private Igbavbou Lucky and not Private Opiri Stephen as erroneously published was alleged to have been arrested and paraded by the State Police Command for cultist activities.

For emphasis, Nigerian Army (NA) is a professional organization with extant policies that regulates the conduct of its personnel. The NA does not allow any of its personnel to belong to any confraternity such as cult groups and related associations”.