The Nigerian Navy has said popular skit maker, Abdulgafar Ahmad Oluwatoyin, popularly known as Cute Abiola is not missing.
TheNewsGuru.com (TNG) reports Cute Abiola, who happens to be a naval officer had been declared missing by his colleague and fellow skit maker, Mr. Macaroni.
The Nigerian Navy, following the declaration, has said Cute Abiola is being held under custody.
A statement by Commodore Suleman Dahun for the Chief of Naval Staff, stated that Cute Abiola is being held in custody for breaching the Armed Forces Social Media Policy.
The statement reads: “The attention of the Nigerian Navy has been drawn to an online newstory which claims that a 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 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 personal safety and security as well as the information integrity of the activities of the Armed Forces of Nigeria”.
