The Ministry of Defence has disclosed the identity of the man who was seen boarding an SUV with AK 47, in a viral video that many presumed to be the Minister of Defence, Maj. Gen. Salihi Magaji (rtd).
In a statement released by the Special Assistant to the Minister on Media, Mohammad Abdulkadri, the man captured in the viral video is the Rector of the Nigerian Army College of Environmental Science and Technology (NACEST) Makurdi and not the Minister of Defence, Major General Salihi Magashi (rtd), as speculated.
Abdulkadri explained that by virtue of his Command position, the Rector is statutorily allowed in the Military to sign for weapons when travelling.