A check by SaharaReporters using advanced technology however showed that the post which had been retweeted by over 440 users were old pictures from different attacks on the terrorists.
On Monday, the Nigerian Air Force on its Twitter page shared photos of its 'invasion against Boko Haram fear based oppressors' in Borno State.
"Photographs: Battle of Marte: See the harm exacted on fear based oppressors at the edges of Marte in Borno State as @NigAirForce helicopter gunships, dispatched by the Air Task Force (ATF)of Operation LAFIYA DOLE, crushed around twelve psychological militants' firearm trucks and different vehicles," NAF subtitled the photos in a post on Twitter.
A check by SaharaReporters utilizing cutting edge innovation anyway indicated that the post which had been retweeted by more than 440 clients were old pictures from various assaults on the fear based oppressors.
The main picture presented on Monday agreeing on google invert picture search was taken in 2018 during an activity in Damasak, Borno State.
"In like manner, a Nigerian Air Force Intelligence Surveillance and Reconnaissance stage was dispatched to look for and find the guard of vehicles.
"The ISR airplane spotted vehicles at an area 24 km SW of Gudumbali heading in a northwards bearing. Therefore, a helicopter gunship was mixed to assault the escort.
"The helicopter showed up at the area and was vectored to the situation of the vehicles, which, at that point, were about halfway between Nigerian Army areas at Metele and Arege.
"Following interchanges with ground troops, the BHT vehicles were decidedly distinguished, confined and assaulted by the helicopter gunship in progressive strikes," NAF Director of Public Relations and Information, Air Commodore Ibikunle Daramola, had said in an assertion joined to the image on September 16, 2018.
A keep an eye on the second, third and fourth pictures by SaharaReporters likewise uncovered they were not taken in Marte as posted by the Nigerian Air Force.
The photos, however taken in 2021 were from an assault by troops of the recently dispatched Operation Tura Takaibango, an auxiliary of Operation Lafiya Dole, after they repulsed the agitators at Gujba Local Government Area of Yobe State on January 9.
A senior military official who addressed SaharaReporters affirmed the photos were not from the attack on the psychological oppressors at Marte.
He stated, "I have seen all the photos too. Despite the fact that we ousted the gathering in Marte and murdered a large number of them, it's despicable that the Air Force could commit a particularly senseless error. None of the photos posted was taken in Marte, some are from Gujba in distant Yobe State. This is so disgraceful."
This won't be the first run through a security organization in Nigeria would be sharing tricky pictures on Twitter.
On December 01, 2020, the Nigeria Police Force shared a photoshopped image of some captured wrongdoing suspects.
The picture labeled "photograph news" shows a man and a lady who were apparently captured after six AK49 rifles were recuperated from them.
The tweet peruses, "L-R: Duleji Alhaji Abubakar a.k.a Ori jeje and Talatu Ibrahim from whom six (6) AK49 rifles were recuperated."
Taking a gander at the image, the two individuals have hazy white lines around their heads while the weapons seem to have been severely altered in. There were likewise arbitrary reflections on a window behind them.
The post before long set off enormous responses online with Twitter clients handling the security organization, blaming them for disinformation and misdirecting Nigerians.
Responding, the police in an assertion stated, "The photos are (an) genuine and genuine portrayal of the suspects and shows.
"They were taken independently and converged into one screen for consistent comprehension of the story line."
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