Niger: Nigeria army will defend democracy at all costs

By bintu jidda kanempress

6th august 2023

The Nigerian Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja, has vowed that the military would continue to defend its democracy no matter the challenges it faces.

General Lagbaja gave the assurance 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 Nigerians.

General Lagbaja also warned Nigerian officers against indulging in any form of insubordination, but 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,” General Lagbaja stressed.

General Lagbaja had made the statement amid the current tension in Nigeria over the coup by the military junta in the Niger Republic.

Niger soldiers, had, seized power from its democratically elected president, Mohamed Bazoum last week over alleged poor governance.