JUST IN: No plan to overthrow Buhari’s government__ DHQ
The Nigeria Military High Command on Monday asserted that there is there was no plan whatsoever to overthrow the democratically elected administration of President Buhari as being insinuated in some quarters.
The Nigeria Military High Command on Monday asserted that there is there was no plan whatsoever to overthrow the democratically elected administration of President Buhari as being insinuated in some quarters.
Moreso, the announcement was contained in a statement made available to newsmen in Abuja by the Acting Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu.
“The attention of the military high command has been drawn to a statement purported to have been made by one Robert Clark SAN, suggesting that current political leadership should hand over power to the military for the purpose of restructuring,” the statement reads.
“The Nigerian Military wishes to dissociate itself from such anti-democratic utterance and position.
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“Let it be stated categorically that the Armed Forces of Nigeria remain fully committed to the present administration and all associated democratic institutions.
“We shall continue to remain apolitical, subordinate to the civil authority, firmly loyal to the President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, President Muhammadu Buhari and the 1999 Constitution as Amended.
“We shall continue to discharge our constitutional responsibilities professionally, especially in protecting the country’s democracy, defence of the territorial integrity of the country as well as protection of lives and properties of citizens.
“The Military High Command wishes to use this opportunity to warn misguided politicians who nurse the inordinate ambition to rule this country outside the ballot box to banish such thoughts as the military under the current leadership remain resolute in the defence of Nigeria’s democracy and its growth.
