Army Removes Journalist From WhatsApp Group For Asking Questions About N2.6trillion Arms Budget Uyi, also the Abuja Bureau Chief of News Central TV, was "excommunicated" by the army on Wednesday – a day after the Chief of the Army Staff, Lt Gen Ibrahim Attahiru, at the quarterly conference in Abuja, admitted that the military was short of logistics’ supply for the Boko Haram insurgency war. by SaharaReporters, New York Apr 03, 2021 The Nigerian Army has removed a defence journalist, Amadin Uyi, from its Department of Public Relations’ WhatsApp group after the journalist asked questions about N2.6trillion military spending on arms.