Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Alex Badeh, has denied reports in some sections of the media that he sent helicopter to his hometown in Adamawa State to evacuate members of his family hours before the fall of the town to Boko Haram insurgents.
A statement posted on the blog of Nigerian Defence Headquarters, stated that “the attention of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to an article with the caption “The Helicopters that evacuated CDS Badeh’s family from Mubi: A lesson for All Nigerians,” written by a certain Elvis Iyorngurum and posted in an online news outlet, NewsRescue.com on November 6.”
“The said article, which contained strings of deliberate falsehood and spurious allegations, claimed that a few hours before the attack on Mubi by the terrorists, the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal A.S. Badeh flew in helicopters and evacuated his family from the town and abandoned everyone else to their fate.”
The statement further said “Contrary to the claims by the author, the helicopter which flew to Mubi was on an operational mission to reinforce the ground troops in preparation of efforts to repel the attack. The helicopter did not convey any civilian or relation of the CDS as disdainfully insinuated in the article.”
Mr. Badeh has been heavily criticised in recent times for his handling of the security situation in the north-east, despite his recent re-assurance that the country is not helpless
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