The Nigerian Navy has revealed that its personnel named OSCOMP Abdulgafar AA, popularly known as Cute Abiola, is not missing.
The Navy said its detained the popular skit maker for violating the Armed Forces of Nigeria’s social media policy.
This was made known by the Navy spokesperson Commodore Saluman Dahun in a statement titled ‘Cute Abiola is not missing navy.’
According to the statement, the spokesperson accused Abdulgafar of disobeying “particular orders” given to him.
The statement read: “The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to an online news story which claims that 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 of 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 safety and security as well as the information integrity of the activities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria.”
On Tuesday, November 16, 2021, a fellow comedian, Mr. Macaroni, took to Twitter to express concerns about his whereabouts.
Mr. Macaroni stated that Cute Abiola was last seen on November 15 after he left for his office at Navy Town in Lagos.
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