Coup: Disregard The ‘Apprehension’ By Ekweremadu – Military Tells Nigerians

Nigeria’s Defence Headquarters has urged Nigerians to disregard the apprehension created by Deputy Senate President Ike Ekweremadu that the military could still take over power.

Ekweremadu had on Wednesday during a plenary session, said “our democracy is receding. Who says army cannot take over, let us not joke with our democracy that is the issue”.

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But reacting to the statement on Thursday, Defence spokesman, John Agim said, “The statement in the true sense has the capacity to denigrate the Nigerian Military in every ramification including its loyalty to the President Commander in Chief of the Armed Forces and the confidence of the general public to defend Nigeria’s democracy.

“In the light of this, the Defence Headquarters wishes to state clearly that, the Nigerian Military has come of age and is in tune with best international military practices of complete and total subordination to democratic governance.

“Shortly, after the transition from a military to a democratically elected government in 1999, officers of the armed forces of Nigeria, who were quasi-political, were honorably eased out of service. This was done to avoid indoctrination of other officers in the military in order to enable the democratic government to commence a re-professionalization process of the armed forces.

Furthermore, the military assured “the international community, Nigeria’s democratic institutions, and the general public, of its unalloyed loyalty to the President Commander in Chief, provision of all necessary support for the sustenance of our democracy and carrying out our constitutional roles.

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“Therefore, the apprehension by the Deputy President of the Senate should be totally disregarded.”

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