{"id":107407,"date":"2023-08-31T08:57:35","date_gmt":"2023-08-31T07:57:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=107407"},"modified":"2023-08-31T08:57:35","modified_gmt":"2023-08-31T07:57:35","slug":"spread-of-coups-in-africa-goc-81-division-asks-disloyal-soldiers-to-disengage-from-service","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/spread-of-coups-in-africa-goc-81-division-asks-disloyal-soldiers-to-disengage-from-service\/","title":{"rendered":"Spread of Coups in Africa: GOC 81 Division Asks Disloyal Soldiers To Disengage From Service"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\" style=\"text-align: justify;\">As coup d\u2019etats continue to spread in Africa, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday asked soldiers who are not ready to be loyal to President Bola Ahmed Tinubu and the constituted authority at all times to disengage from service.<\/p>\n<p>General Usman, who spoke while addressing soldiers at the 35 Artillery Brigade, Alamala, Abeokuta, Ogun State, told them to be professional and exhibit total loyalty beginning with the President down to the top echelon of the Armed Forces.<\/p>\n<p>Usman, flanked by the Brigadier General, Mohammed Tajudeen Aminu, Commander 35 Artillery Brigade, warned that the Armed Forces of Nigeria would not condone disloyalty.<\/p>\n<p>Admitting that there are some challenges, he said they are not peculiar to the Brigade Command.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhile we are looking at the challenges and how to solve them, you have to be disciplined soldiers. You have to be loyal soldiers.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWhen I mean loyalty, your loyalty must start with the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces who is the President. That\u2019s first, and then down the ladder. Loyalty to the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, down to your Brigade Commander.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou have to be loyal. There is no room for soldiers that are not loyal to the constituted authority. No. If you are not going to be loyal, then, leave, go and do other work. But the Armed Forces cannot stand it if you are not loyal.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cDiscipline, loyalty and top professionalism. We are bearing arms so that other people can sleep well and go about their normal activities. You also have to be hardworking. If you go on any course, make sure you do your best and be among the best. Once you have all these, you will grow in this job,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n<p>The GOC, who had earlier commissioned Quarter Guard project at the Barrack, also visited the Alake and paramount ruler of Egbaland, Oba Adedotun Aremu Gbadebo, who pledged to always support the GOC and the Nigeria army.<\/p>\n<p>He noted that Nigeria won\u2019t be a safe place if there were no soldiers in the country.<\/p><\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>As coup d\u2019etats continue to spread in Africa, the General Officer Commanding (GOC) 81 Division Nigerian Army (NA), Major General Mohammed Takuti Usman, on Wednesday asked soldiers who are not&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":107408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-107407","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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