Nigerian Military Gives Strong Advice On Coup Plot Report

The Nigerian military has strongly rebuffed reports of the mobilisation of the Guards Brigade to pre-empt a coup plot and said that the insinuation plot was the imagination of the publishers of the news.

The military high command in a strongly worded rebuttal also called on Nigerian security agencies to tackle the publishers of the coup plot report.

Defence spokesman, Brigadier-General Tukur Gusau in a statement obtained by GWG.ng said that the Nigerian military remained highly committed to the protection of democracy in the country and would as such not contemplate the dislocation of democracy through a coup or plot in that direction.

He said:

The attention of the Defence Headquarters @DefenceInfoNG has been drawn to a malicious and unfounded article published online by SaharaReporters on 25  February 2024 claiming that the Guards Brigade has been put on high alert following unusual movements, leading to suspicion of a coup plot in Nigeria.  The publication also asserted amongst other things that the suspicion prompted emergency meeting involving President Bola Tinubu, the Chief of Staff to the President and Commander of the Guards Brigade.

 The Defence Headquarters wishes to categorically state that the allegation is totally false. For the avoidance of doubt, the Guards Brigade has been statutorily assigned the responsibility of protecting the seat of power (The Presidency) and by extension the Federal Capital Territory and its environs.  Hence, it is to be noted that the Guards Brigade has always been on high alert in order to effectively executive its assigned tasks.

It will be recalled that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa OFR had in various fora reiterated the unalloyed commitment of members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to the protection and sustenance of democracy in Nigeria. Therefore, the Defence Headquarters strongly condemn this unsubstantiated assertion which is just a figment of imagination of the publisher and enjoins members of the public to disregard it.

Furthermore, the Defence Headquarters calls on relavant security agencies to immediately take appropriate action against the Sahara Reporters for this unpatriotic action.  Meanwhile, the Defence Headquarters will seek legal redress on the issue which has the ulterior motive of creating unnecessary tension in the country. 

GWG.ng reports that the report of a coup plot has been repeatedly disclaimed by the Nigerian military but such reports persist on account of increasing hardship in the land.

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