Nigerian Army
The Nigerian Army said yesterday that it turned down many pressures from some quarters to interrupt the current democracy because of its firm belief in the sustenance of democracy.
General Officer Commanding, 2 division, Nigerian Army, Maj. Gen. Lawrence Ugubane spoke in Ibadan at the weekend through his representative Lt. Col Andrew Idachaba during the 3rd Annual Francis Adekunle Fajuyi memorial lecture organized by the League of Veteran Journalists, Oyo State chapter held at Iyaganku Press Centre, Ibadan.
He said while speaking on the topic, “the military as a stabilizing factor in a democracy, that “I have friends telling us that we have become women in the Nigerian Army. They said we should take over. But, I always tell them that having the military in governance is an aberration”.
“The military, if it must stabilize the nation’s democracy”, he went further, “should have the people’s confidence, strive to remain apolitical and assist to create an enabling atmosphere for good governance and peaceful co-existence.
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