October 18, 2024
Gen. Irabor

 

*Vows to deal decisively with any attempt to tarnish its image
The Defence Headquarters has warmed mischief makers with intent to drag the military into politics and thereby tarnish its image to desist forthwith, or face its wrath.
The military said it would deal decisively with person or group who attempts to rubbish its reputation.
The military is reacting to a report by an online publication that reported that it (the military), through its spokesman, Brig Gen. Onyema Nwachukwu that it warned politicians and officers against a coup.
But in its press statement on Sunday, the Defence spokesman, Brig Gen Bernard Onyeuko described the story by the online platform as misleading.
He emphasised it was a calculated attempt to mislead the general public aimed at causing
disharmony in the polity.

Onyeuko, Acting Director
Defence Media Operations,
Defence Headquarters stated in the press release made available to the New Narrative newspapers that
“The attention of the Defence Headquarters has been drawn to a misleading publication by an online newspaper Naija News House on Nigeria military warning politicians and officers against a Coup which it credited to Brigadier General Onyema Nwachukwu- the Army Spokesman. The publication is a handiwork of mischief makers and enemies of the state.
“It is a deliberate and calculated attempt to mislead the general public aimed at causing disharmony in the polity.

“The online newspaper manipulated with the intent of disinformation a previous message released in May 2021 by the then Director Defence Information who is the current Army spokesperson.
“It is a malicious attempt to bring the military to disrepute.
“It is obvious that the online newspaper has it’s own sinister intention to cause confusion.

“The Military High Command hereby warns all mischief makers and their proxies not to draw the military into their engagements. “The Armed Forces of Nigeria remains apolitical and would not hesitate to deal decisively with any person or group of persons that want to tarnish its image or draw it into partisan politics. “The Armed Forces of Nigeria remains loyal to President Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces -President Muhammadu Buhari GCFR and also sworn to defend our democracy as well the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria”.

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