By Victor Akaa, Abuja
The Nigerian Army says, it has observed with dismay and regret that some media houses have been using the wrong official portrait of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt Gen Faruk Yahaya.
It says, COAS official portrait was produced and made available to the public for the use but wondered why different media organisations on different fora have chosen to use his previous portrait before he became the 22nd COAS instead of the current ‘official’ one.
A statement relayed to Enugu Reporters on Friday by the Director Army Public Relations ,Brig Gen Onyema Nwachukwu said, “following the appointment and subsequent decoration of the Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya, an official portrait was produced and disseminated to the media houses via various social media platforms and forums.
“However, it has been observed with dismay that despite this, some media houses, defence correspondents and online media practitioners have persistently used the official portrait of the COAS when he was still a Major General in various command appointments.” The statement added.
The statement, however, directed all the media organisations to accordingly disregard all pictures of the COAS from his former Commands and use the approved official portrait attached above.
