ABUJA-THE Defence Headquarters, has dismissed
rumours making the rounds that the Chief of
Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin and the
Chief of Naval State, Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ibas have
been removed by President Muhammadu Buhari.
It asked people to discountenance the rumours,
even as it advised people to try to get their
information from the appropriate top echelon of the
Armed Forces before releasing such information.
Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Director of
Information, Defence Headquarters, dismissed the
rumour in a telephone interview with Vanguard
some minutes ago.

The Defence Headquarters’ spokesman, who
expressed disappointment that the conventional
media carried the false report like the social media,
wondered where the false story emanated from. “It
is unfortunate that the false information was not
only on the social media but also the conventional
media. It is very wrong. We don’t know where these
people are getting their information from.
“The information is wrong and false. We are issuing
statement very soon. ” Like I said, we don’t know
where these people are getting their information
from. Issues of this importance should be cleared
from the highest echelon.

“You don’t just create news. To the best of our
knowledge, nothing like that happened. They are just
circulating the false information for circulating sake.
“We will soon issue press release to that effect, that
people should discountenance this kind of rumour.
It is not true and it is not true, “he emphasized.