Army Warns Gov Fayose, Stop Politicising The Military, Seek Relevance Elsewhere

The Nigerian Army has issued a stern warning to Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State to “stop politicising the military.”

The Army gave the warming through its official Twitter handle (@HQNigerianArmy) on Thursday.

Gov Ayodele Fayose should stop politicizing the military&military OPs, seek other avenues for your relevance. The Army today is not corrupt.

— Nigerian Army (@HQNigerianArmy) August 3, 2017

The warning follows Governor Fayose’s recent criticism of the fight against Boko Haram in the North East by the military.

The governor had on Wednesday, through Lere Olayinka, his spokesman, alleged that the Nigeria Army has failed to bring Boko Haram insurgents to their knees due to corruption.

Fayose was reacting to a report on Nigeria’s terrorism war by the United States’ Department of State’s Bureau for Counter-terrorism and Countering Violent Extremism.

Fayose had said, “This report by the US government has further lent credence to earlier revelation by the Transparency International (TI) that despite President Muhammadu Buhari government’s anti-corruption fight, corruption in the military is weakening Nigeria’s efforts to battle to battle Boko Haram.

“As revealed by the TI, fight against Boko Haram has become a cash cow for some top military officers and corrupt politicians in the Buhari’s government, with the creation of fake defence contracts and laundering the proceeds often laundered abroad in the UK, U.S. and elsewhere.

“The TI went further to state that the military is left without vital equipment, insufficiently trained, low in morale and under-resourced.

“The federal government must therefore address the widespread corruption in the fight against Boko Haram as revealed by the TI and also see to the welfare of the military personnel involved in the fight.”