The Nigerian Army has released a statement refuting claims by some
Nigeria Delta militants that the military was planning a coup to take
over the Buhari led government. Some Niger Delta militants under the
aegis of Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) yesterday alleged
that some officers of the Nigerian Army approached them for support to
overthrow our duly elected present democratic government. Read the
Nigerian Army statement below...
The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to another campaign of
calumny and distraction by faceless criminal gang of economic saboteurs
that hide under the aegis of Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF)
alleging that some officers of the Nigerian Army approached them for
support to overthrow our duly elected present democratic government.
This is baseless and most unfortunate allegation that existed in the
warped minds of the originators of such weighty allegation.
The Nigerian Army wish to state that this is not true and hereby
distanced itself from this weighty allegation.
We also see this speculation as a dangerous distraction to our effort in
fighting insurgency and other criminal elements in the country.
The Nigerian Army would like to send a strong and an unequivocal warning
to those speculating a coup by the Nigerian Army (NA) against the
Government to desist forthwith. We would like state in clear terms that
that we are a product of democracy and a focused professional
institution and would have nothing to do with such abomination and
heinous crime.
We wish to state further that the NA is the greatest beneficiary of
democracy and therefore cannot ever contemplate any anti-democratic
misadventure, certainly not under the command of the present Chief of
Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai. Rather, we see this
type of dangerous speculation as a declaration of war to destabilise
the present government by these unscrupulous elements.
The Nigerian Army is investigating those behind the dangerous
insinuation in order to unravel the real motive behind it.
We would like to reiterate our unalloyed loyalty to the President and
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria and defence of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of
Nigeria. We would also like to reaffirm our unconditional support and
obedience to civil authority.
We wish to further assure Nigerians and indeed all peace loving people
that the Nigerian Army and indeed its personnel will never be involved
in such terrible misadventure.
We wish to further add that no matter how long it takes, we would track
and find out those behind these insinuations and bring them to justice.
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