Disquiet in military over Obanikoro’s use of soldiers The military high command is increasingly becoming uncomfortable with recent alleged actions by the Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musiliu Okanikoro. Specifically, the occupation by soldiers drafted to the disputed parcel of land (Ilubirin) in Lagos on the orders of the minister, has continued to generate concern among the top hierarchy of the nation’s Armed Forces. One of the military chiefs, who spoke to our correspondent in confidence at the weekend, expressed disgust about the minister’s actions, saying it would serve the interest of the Armed Forces if the minister refrained from dragging soldiers into partisan matters. The highly placed military source, who spoke with our correspondent on telephone on Saturday, deplored the use of soldiers by the minister over what he described as purely a partisan issue. He said: “The minister’s action is indecent and inconsistent with the regimented tradition of the military. There is no reason why some politicians would want to pocket the military in the name of politics. “By tradition, the military is bound to restrict itself to the protection of the nation’s territorial integrity, so involving soldiers in this type of exercise tends to create the wrong impression that the military is being partisan, which must not be so.”thenationonlineng.net/new/disquiet-military-obanikoros-use-soldiers/
Posted on: Sun, 13 Apr 2014 05:57:08 +0000
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