The Nigerian Navy on Wednesday said its personnel, OSCOMP Abdulgafar AA, popularly known by his comedian name, Cute Abiola, is not missing.
Rather, the Navy said in a statement by its Spokesperson, Commodore Suleiman Dahun, that Cute Abiola is “currently under custody in his unit for breaching the Armed Forces Social Media Policy and refusal to obey particular orders.”
The statement also reminded all Naval personnel to “comply with the provisions of the Armed Forces Social Media Policy in their usage of social media platforms.”
The full statement by Commodore Dahun said: “The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to an online newstory which claims that a naval personnel, OSCOMP Abdulgafar AA, who incidentally is a popular comedian known as Cute Abiola, has gone missing.
“The Nigerian Navy wishes to categorically debunk this false news report currently trending online. OSCOMP Abdulgafar is currently under custody in his unit for breaching the Armed Forces Social Media Policy and refusal to obey particular orders.
“The Nigerian Navy wishes to avail itself this incident to remind its personnel to comply with the provisions of the Armed Forces Social Media Policy in their usage of social media platforms.
“The Policy, amongst others, is emplaced to protect their personal safety and security as well as the information integrity of the activities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.”