Nigerian Navy’s OSCOMP Abdulgafar AA, popularly known by his Instagram comedian name, Cute Abiola, is serving a one-month “extra duty” as part of his punishment for “for breaching the Armed Forces Social Media Policy and refusal to obey particular orders.”
But on Tuesday, Nigerian Navy Spokesperson, Commodore Suleiman Dahun, posted on his Facebook page that Cute Abiola is on one month extra duty.
In the military, extra duty is Cleanship, which means painting, chipping and supervising civilian cleaners. It also includes cutting grass and doing other menial jobs.”
But it is not clear when exactly Cute Abiola started his extra duty or when he will be free of it.
Two weeks ago, the Nigerian Navy admitted that Cute Abiola was under its custody, after media speculations that he was missing.
Naval Spokesperson, Commodore Dahun, said the Naval rating was “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.”