- He stressed that the Nigerian Army was not ready to throw away the “new prestige” it has laboured to build in the past 25 years by ensuring that democratic rule thrives in the country.
The Nigerian Army has said it won’t succumb to pressure by some persons to stage a coup and overthrow the president Bola Tinubu administration.
The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja, said this on Tuesday in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State at the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference.
Lagbaja said the agitations for a military takeover and ousting of democratically elected government were coming from young Nigerians who never experienced the era of Nigeria’s extensive military rule.
He stressed that the Nigerian Army was not ready to throw away the “new prestige” it has laboured to build in the past 25 years by ensuring that democratic rule thrive in the country.
“The Nigerian Army will not allow itself to be used to undemocratically sail some interests to power. As the Service that received the most image bashing as a fallout of previous military interventions in Nigeria, the Nigerian Army is not poised to losing the new prestige it has painstakingly built in the past 25 years,
secure, and united,” he said.
Lagbaja disclosed that the government at both the national and sub-national levels have continued to support the Nigerian Army and its sister services in their effort to rid the country of insecurity and crimes.
He noted that the support received can be seen in the recent purchase of 2 BELL UH-1 Huey Helicopters equipped with advanced sensors and enablers to conduct a range of missions, including reconnaissance, surveillance, logistics and medical evacuation, among other functions.
He added that welfare of widows and family members of fallen heroes remains on course.
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