Irabor, however, assured Nigerians to have confidence in the Nigerian military as its officers and men will remain totally neutral and apolitical.
By Ife Osemedua
365Daily – The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Lucky Irabor, has disclosed that forces are putting security agencies under pressure to compromise the 2023 general elections.
He said this on Thursday, December 8, 2022, at the State House, Abuja.
Irabor, however, assured Nigerians to have confidence in the Nigerian military as its officers and men will remain totally neutral and apolitical.
The CDS further revealed that security personnel are often offered inducements, but necessary measures are being put in place to ensure that they obey President Buhari’s recent directive to maintain neutrality.
According to him, personnel are being trained to be more professional while rules of engagement before, during and after the elections have been codified and distributed to them.
Irabor also spoke of the key achievements of the military in the effort to keep the country safe including more recruitment into all branches of the security services, routing of insurgency and banditry, as well as the action to curtail oil theft leading to increase in crude oil production.
He also said over 300,000 people have been freed from the hands of abductors since 2014, while refugees, who fled the North-east zone due to insurgency, have started to return to their homes.