The Chief Of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has averred that the Nigerian army has no plans to truncate the nation’s nascent democracy, which he said has come to stay.
The Army Chief, disclosed this on Tuesday while declaring open the seminar of the Army Headquarters Department of Military Secretary, holding in Abuja.
Gen Lagbaja said the Nigerian Army will continue to defend the constitution and not suspend it for whatever reason, adding that it is the duty of elected leaders to lead while the military does its job as enshrined in the constitution.
The COAS, who noted that the Nigerian Army remains an agent of democracy, reiterated 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.
“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. It is the duty of our elected leaders 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”, he said.
