The Nigerian Navy has confirmed it’s holding well-liked Instagram skit maker Ahmed Gafar aka Cute Abiola.

The Navy mentioned Cute Abiola was arrested for violating its social media coverage.

“The younger man was discovered to have breached the social media policy whereas he was on leave. So he was recalled, requested to come back again, however he refused till he accomplished his leave which is a disobedience to specific orders,” the spokesperson for the navy, Commodore Suleman Dahun, informed The Gazette.

He reiterated that Cute Abiola was not missing however locked up in his unit for breaching the “Armed Forces social media coverage.”

“So, when he got here again, we took him into custody for him to face the consequence,” Mr Dahun added.

Cute Abiola, a naval officer, was final seen on Monday morning after he left his residence for his workplace at Navy Town.

He was mentioned to have spoken together with his spouse over the phone upon arrival on the workplace, however a number of attempts to reach him afterwards had been unsuccessful.

In accordance with Mr Dahun, naval officers have been cautioned towards ensuring info public on social media by sharing pictures.

“You recognize, typically in the event you snap your image in considered one of these our delicate models, you’re giving intelligence advisory. You’re giving freely the data you’re not supposed to offer, and we now have advised them a number of instances to desist from exhibiting themselves on social media.”

Final yr, Cute Abiola was arrested for posing in his navy uniform on his birthday.