The Defence Headquarters in Abuja has raised the alarm over a fake facebook account that bears the name and picture of the Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Ibrahim.
The Director of Defence Information, Col. Mohammed Yerima, said in a statement on Friday that the Chief of Defence Staff did not own the said facebook account.
He warned members of the public against transacting any business with the fake account, stressing that anybody dealing with it would be doing so at his or her own risk
Yerima said the Defence Headquarters was making efforts to track down those behind the creation of the account in the name and official picture of the CDS.
“The attention of Defence Headquarters has been drawn to the existence of a fake Face book account of the Chief of Defence Staff, created by some cyber criminals in the popular social network. The Facebook account with the name 'Chief of Defence Staff' has the official picture of the CDS Admiral OS Ibrahim.
“The general public is hereby warned that the Chief of Defence Staff or Defence Headquarters does not operate any official Facebook account or page. Any person who transacts any business or makes any comment in the said fake Facebook account does so at his or her own risk.
“The Defence Headquarters views this as a criminal act and effort is being made to trace and bring the perpetrators to book. This is for the awareness of the general public,” the statement read.
