In a statement released on
Thursday by Colonel Sani Usman, the Army described the claims that some
officers are plotting to overthrow the present government as “baseless and most
unfortunate.”
Colonel Usman said the
allegation exists solely “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 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 also said
it will investigate 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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