MILITARY SAYS ALLEGATION AGAINST IHEJIRIKA DIVERSIONARY TACTICS The President of 18 regular course (18RC) ,Air Commodore Olufemi Oguntuyi has commended General Ihejirika for his contributions to the military as COAS and enumerated some of the landmarks which included creation of extra divisions, Brigades, battalions into the Nigerian army and building of so many barracks, among others achievements. Hear him, “We cannot allow national security to be toyed with, the need for security awareness, inspite of the effort at that time and the effort being put by the current leadership of the armed forces, the need for security awareness still persist”. According to the serving general, “ We all know the efforts made by Ihejirika as COAS to ensure these CRIMINALS were flushed out of the sub-region and for someone to come out saying the same general is funding the terrorists is an insult to the military and the man must be summoned to the country to proof his grave allegation. “We all know that terrorists will never disclose their friends, supporters or financiers even at gun point. May be they sold a dummy for the so-called Davis and instead of him to present the report here, he now moves from one media to another abroad making wide allegations. What the DSS said is the true position. I have listened to the rubbish the guy was saying, it was full of contradictions and I am disappointed in those calling for the arrest of General Ihejirika.” Speaking at the National Defence College, Ihejirika described the allegation as a way of fighting him back for his contribution to the counter-insurgency operation and called on all serving and retired officers to join hands together to put an end to the menace of terrorism. “I want to once again call on all Nigerians to join hands to support Mr President and members of the armed forces in their onerous task to rid this country of terrorism. I want to further advice that baseless frivolous and unfounded allegations like this have the capacity of diverting our attention away from the main problem. “Nigeria must exist before you can hold a single political office, or be a business man, and there is no compromise in the effort to have a peaceful Nigeria. Therefore I have no apologies what so ever to those who thought that I was highhanded, every army makes a lot of effort to ensure that the troops operates within the rules of engagement, and our department of civil military affairs have done so much in this regard”.
Posted on: Mon, 08 Sep 2014 06:24:14 +0000
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