Don’t Incite Mutiny In Military- DHQ Warns Politicians
The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations (DMO), Maj-Gen. John Enenche, gave this warning Monday while reacting to a publication in a Newspaper captioned ‘Nigeria Needs a Rawlings Now – NDP’.
In the said publication, the National Chairman of National Democratic Party (NDP), Chidi Chukwuanyi, said: “The state of corruption in the country calls for the replication of the Ghanaian experience under former President Jerry Rawlings in Nigeria.”
Observing that the statement was inciting, Enenche said: “What Chidi Chukwuanyi is calling for is a combination of unpopular acts of insurrection and mutiny, which cannot be taken for granted by the Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN).
“Consequently, I am directed by the high command of the Nigerian military to let the general public know and remind personnel of AFN. All officers and men of the Nigerian military swore an oath of allegiance to the civil authority of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and to protect the constitution. This translates to unalloyed loyalty to the President and Commander-in-Chief, and full subordination to the civil authorities.”
According to him, the Nigerian military is in consonance with the global best practices, and cannot be misguided by any individual or group.