No Plan for Interim National Government – DHQ

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Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade

February 4, 2015 – The Defence Headquarters today said it has no knowledge of an arrangement by the military to float an interim government should the opposition win the general election.

In a statement published by PRNigeria, Director of Defence Information, Major General Chris Olukolade said that statement circulating on the internet to that effect is unfounded.
He attributed the source of the statement to faceless individual adding that the development is reminiscent of the NADECO days.

“The latest effort by these same group and their collaborators is the sensational and outrageous claim that the Chief of Army Staff is preparing to assume the leadership of this country through an interim government, in the event that the opposition party wins the 2015 general elections at the federal level.

“This is dangerous, condemnable and a great disservice, given the tremendous sacrifices of the Nigerian Army in support of democracy in our nation.

“This deliberate attempt to erode public confidence and trust in the Nigerian Army will not be tolerated and the masterminds of these campaigns of calumny are advised to desist from their nefarious activities forthwith”, he said adding that a similarly, a letter has also surfaced in the social media purportedly written by Concerned Officers and Soldiers of Operation Zaman Lafiya.

“This is a rehash of the same issues peddled by the writers of a similar petition written last year using the stolen identity of a serving military officer.
“Also, another online medium has claimed that two serving Major Generals of the Nigerian Army have tendered “a letter of resignation” over an alleged disagreement with the Chief of Army Staff during a meeting.

“The medium neither mentioned the names of the senior officers concerned, nor the time and place of the alleged meeting with the Chief of Army Staff.

“For the avoidance of doubt, there has been no resignation whatsoever in the Nigerian Army on account of the disagreement with the Chief of Army Staff. It must be stated categorically that the Nigerian Army is apolitical. In the same vein, it does not tolerate any of its officers or soldiers being involved in political matters”, Olukolade said.

He called on military personnel to read the code of operations during election and remain apolitical.

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