BE WARNED: ARMY BANS CIVILIAN FROM USING ARMY UNIFORMS

The Nigerian Army yesterday banned the unauthorized wear­ing of Army uniforms, accoutrement and kits by civilians and deserters of the Army, even as it is set to commence small scale business programmes for dependents of soldiers in the Barracks nationwide…….

A statement through the Director of Army Public Re­lations, DAPR, Colonel Sani Usman, said that Ex-Stu­dents of Nigerian Military School Zaria (aka Ex-Boys) in civil institutions were guilty of wearing army uniforms and would hence­forth face severe sanctions.

Usman said that the ille­gal practice of wearing Ni­gerian Army uniforms and kits by ex-boys apart from obvious security implica­tions, impacted negatively on the image of Nigerian Army.

“It is pertinent to reiter­ate that wearing of military uniforms or kits on campus by anyone is absolutely un­lawful.

“More worrisome, is the fact that most of the offend­ers are ex-students who have deserted the Army, and are not legally entitled to have military uniforms or items within their pos­sessions.

“It is particularly im­portant to mention that the ex-boys who left Ni­gerian Military School from 2012 when the school ceased to be a military in­stitution, are expected to surrender their military uniforms and kits after graduation”, Usman said.

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