The Nigerian Navy has disowned a purported list of successful candidates for its Basic Training School Batch 35 Recruitment, saying it is fake.

In a statement issued on Saturday by Commodore Adedotun Ayo-Vaughan, the Director of Naval Information, the Navy said the exercise was conducted in three centres across the country, namely Lagos, Rivers, and Kaduna States.

Ayo-Vaughan described the information, being circulated recently as fake, and the handiwork of fraudulent miscreants who were trying to dupe some unsuspecting applicants.

He said the list of successful candidates had not been released and that no form of invitation for training, via text message had also been disseminated by the Nigerian Navy.

“The alarming rate of circulation of fake information by unscrupulous individuals, regarding enlistment or recruitment into Navy is quite worrisome,” he said.

Ayo-Vaughan enjoined members of the public especially prospecting applicants who participated in the said recruitment to always authenticate information from the NN official website, https://www.navy.mil.ng, and other official social media handles, as well as other credible mainstream media platforms.

He also warned miscreants and mischief makers to desist from the unwholesome practice, otherwise they will face the full wrath of the law.

The Navy spokesperson said the text message, had invited unsuspecting applicants to report for military training at NNBTS Onne, Rivers, following their purported selection.

He further stated that the criminals claimed in the text message that the exercise would commence on October 6.

The Navy advised the public to disregard the fake list and text message, and to be wary of fraudsters who may try to exploit them.