August 12, (THEWILL) – The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has rejected calls for a military coup d’etat in Nigeria.
Acting Director, Defence Information, Brig.-Gen. Tukur Gusau, said the military, as an institution, was better off under democracy.
Gusau stated this in a statement late Friday while reacting to reports calling on the military to interfere in the nation’s democracy.
Condemning the calls, Gusau described them as “highly unpatriotic, wicked” and an attempt to distract the Armed Forces of Nigeria from performing its constitutional responsibilities.
He said while the leadership of the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) gives priority to the welfare of its personnel, it, however, “detest any attempt by any individual or group to instigate the law-abiding Armed Forces of Nigeria to embark on any unconstitutional change of government in our country.
“We wish to state unequivocally that the military is happy and better under democracy and will not get involved in any act to sabotage the hard-earned democracy in our country.”
He reiterated that the AFN, under the leadership of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, was determined to ensure complete subordination of the Armed Forces to constitutional authority under President Bola Tinubu.
The Defence Headquarters, therefore, called on President Tinubu not to be distracted from his roles that are well defined in the 1999 constitution (as amended).
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