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Apologies to Military
The woman who accused the Army of demanding N2m for the release of her brother’s body has recanted her allegation.
She made this known in viral video posted on X on Wednesday while apologizing for falsely accusing the Army.
The NPO earlier Reported that the family’s efforts to secure the release of his body however proved abortive as the army allegedly demandeed N2 million before transporting the corpse home.
In the video, she stated that it was a miscommunication from her end and the issue has been resolved.
“It is a miscommunication from Benin to here. We mistook what they said and everything has been resolved,” she said.
She continued by saying that the Army did not request for N2m, that it was estimation of the cost of transporting the body Benin to them.
“Because my brother called me this morning and explained exactly what they said. They did not demand for N2m and they just reference of expenses.“
In the video, the lady apologized for accusing the Army falsely because as the time of making the video, she and her family were going through and emotional turmoil.
“I want to apologize to the Army. It was an emotional moment for me and my family and it made me make that video.
“I deeply want to say I am sorry to the Army for making that video to drag the army. I could have calm down first to listen to everything,” she said.