- He emphasized that by ensuring that democratic government prevails in the nation, the Nigerian Army has labored to establish a “new prestige” that it is unwilling to give up.
The Nigerian Army has said that it will not budge in response to certain individuals’ demands to pull off a coup and collapse the Bola Tinubu administration.
During the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference opening ceremony on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Army Staff, made this statement.
Lagbaja claimed that younger Nigerians who were not around during the country’s protracted military rule were the ones driving the calls for a military coup and the overthrow of the country’s democratically elected administration.
He emphasized that by ensuring that democratic government prevails in the nation, the Nigerian Army has labored to establish a “new prestige” that it is unwilling to give up.
“The Nigerian Army would not permit itself to be utilized in an undemocratic manner to propel certain interests to authority.
The Nigerian Army, which has suffered greatly as a result of earlier military operations in the country, is not ready to lose the new reputation it has laboriously developed over the past 25 years, he added.
It is secure and cohesive. According to Lagbaja, the Nigerian Army and its sister services are still receiving backing from the national and subnational governments in their efforts to eradicate crime and insecurity in the nation.
He mentioned that the recent acquisition of two BELL UH-1 Huey helicopters, fitted with cutting-edge sensors and enablers to perform a variety of missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, logistics, and medical evacuation, among other tasks, is evidence of the support received.
The welfare of widows and other surviving family members of slain heroes is still on track, he continued.
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