Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant
General Tukur Buratai, has said that only the federal government of Nigeria,
has the constitutional right to declare the leader of the Indigenous People of
Biafra (IPOB), Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, wanted.
Buratai also refuted claims that
the Army is under any pressure, to withdraw troops from South-East.
He gave the statement on Monday,
after the opening of the third quarter Nigerian army conference in Abuja.
Ever since the launch of
Operation Python Dance in the South East, many have called for its termination,
especially after some military personnel clashed with IPOB members in Umuahia
and Aba in Abia State.
Senate President, Dr. Bukola
Saraki and the wife of the late Biafran warlord, Bianca Ojukwu, have condemned
the Army’s terming of IPOB as a terrorist organization, describing such
categorization as unconstitutional and unjustifiable.
However, Buratai refuted
insinuations that the army is under pressure to withdraw troops from the region
and insisted that they were acting within the jurisdiction of the constitution.
“Nigerian Army is part of the
political consideration in the democratic system. It is part of the democratic
process. It is a product of the democratic governance. So, we are not under any
pressure.
“We are doing what the
constitution has provided. So we are not under any pressure whatsoever,” he
added.
Those that are sponsoring IPOB with the sole aim to destabilize PMB government are surfacing one by one. As a security outfit, just like the police, the military has a Constitutional right to declare an individual wanted if that person constitutes a security risk to the nation or constitutes a problem to the sovereignty nd unity of the country.
ReplyDeleteThe Nigerian Army did not behave in a best international practice of the arm forces,well i wont blame them cause instruction was given to them by the big boss PMB.
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