THE Nigerian Army has restated their commitment to defend the country’s Democracy.
Chief of Army Staff – COAS, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, on Tuesday, said the Army has no plans to truncate the nation’s democracy.
“Permit me to seize this opportunity to reiterate that the Armed Forces of Nigeria, particularly the Nigerian Army has come to terms with the country’s choice of democracy as the preferred system of governance,” Lieutenant General Lagbaja said at a seminar on career planning and management organised by the Army headquarters in Abuja.
“We are therefore agents of democracy and have no desire to truncate it. The Nigerian Army will continue to defend our constitution and not suspend it for whatever reason,’’ COAS added during his address to officers.
“Our elected leaders have to lead while the military does its job as enshrined in our constitution. Nigerian Army personnel must therefore remain professional and be above board as they discharge their constitutional duties.”