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The Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja,
on Saturday, vowed that the Nigerian military would continue to defend the
nation’s democracy no matter the challenges it faces.
Gen. Lagbaja gave the assurance while speaking at the
Passing Out Parade of officers of Executive Commission Course One at the Army
School of Infantry located in Jaji, Kaduna State.
He said the desire of every Nigerian is a flourishing and
uninterrupted constitutional democratic governance which would promote the
interest of all well-meaning citizens.
The COAS also warned the officers against indulging in any
form of insubordination, stressing that they should remain apolitical in
discharging their constitutional duties.
“I, therefore, charge all Nigerian Army personnel to be
proud champions of our flourishing democracy and remain apolitical in discharging
their constitutional duties.”
Lagbaja made the assertions amid the current tension in the
country over the military junta in the Niger Republic.
Niger soldiers, had, seized power from their democratically
elected president, Mohamed Bazoum last week over alleged poor governance.
