The Nigerian army
says a statement credited to Theophilus Danjuma, a former minister of defence,
is unfortunate.
On
Saturday, Danjuma, a retired general and former chief of army staff, called on
Nigerians to defend
themselves against killers because the army has failed to
protect the citizens.
The
former minister also accused the army of bias and colluding with killers to
attack Nigerians.
But
in a statement on Sunday, Texas Chukwu, spokesman of the army, denied such
collusion and said that the military is neutral in its operation.
The
army said the retired general made the statement at a time when the
demilitarisation of the north-central had just commenced.
“The
attention of the Nigerian army has been drawn to the unfortunate statement made
by a former chief of army staff, lieutenant general Theophilus Yakubu Danjuma,
during the convocation ceremony of the Taraba State University on Saturday 24
March 2018 in which he categorically asserted that the armed forces of Nigeria
was colluding with militias and other criminal elements and was unable to
provide security for the citizens of Taraba state,” the statement read.
No comments:
Post a Comment