A pro-democracy\u00a0 group, Society for Good Governance (SGG), has raised
\nalarm over the planned march of the military in the 36 states of the
\nfederation and the extension of the tenure of the service chiefs till
\nDecember.<\/p>\n
Defence Headquarters\u00a0Wednesday<\/span><\/span>\u00a0announced that the entire military would Defence Spokesman, Major General John Enenche, had, in a statement, argued \u201cIn very exceptional cases, an officer\u2019s career can be extended beyond one But in a statement issued by the group in Jos, Plateau State capital and “At a time rumours of coup are all over the place which was confirmed by “More suspicious is the sudden extension of the tenure of service chiefs, “The Nigerian Airforce in reaction to a publication accusing the Chief of “After that statement, the United Kingdom began a retraining of the SGG\u00a0 further recalls that “The Nzeogwu coup of 1966 started as a military “If there is a coup plot in order to quench the raging calls for The Defence Headquarters said the exercise tagged \u201cTogether we are\u201d would Enenche did not disclose the routes of the solidarity march for what he \u201cThe physical fitness of members of the Security and Response Agencies is \u201cIt is in view of these, that a Route March Exercise titled \u201cTOGETHER WE \u201cLong Live the Federal Republic of Nigeria.\u00a0 Long Live the Security Agencies.<\/p>\n “The maiden \u201cTOGETHER WE ARE\u201d route march exercise will take place across “Your cooperation and understanding is highly solicited. Be rest assured A pro-democracy\u00a0 group, Society for Good Governance (SGG), has raised alarm over the planned march of the military in the 36 states of the federation and the extension of the…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":49206,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-58397","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"\n
\nfrom July 1, 2017, begin a March across the 36 states of the country in
\nsupport of the Nigerian constitution and democracy . The DHQ also claimed
\nthat the tenure of service chiefs could be extended even beyond one year
\nby the\u00a0 President.<\/p>\n
\nthat \u201can officer\u2019s career can be extended based on the interest of the
\nservice, in this case, Army, Navy and Airforce.<\/p>\n
\nyear for as long as necessary. Extension of service for officers can also
\nbe at the discretion of the Commander in Chief,\u2019\u2019 Enenche said.<\/p>\n
\nsigned by Albert Mantiop, said Nigerians should be wary of planned
\nmilitary adventurism couched as march in defence of the constitution and
\ndemocracy.<\/p>\n
\nthe Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Tukur Buratai to the effect that some
\npoliticians were infiltrating the military with a view to influence his
\nofficers to topple the government, the march across the 36 states is very
\nsuspicious.<\/p>\n
\nwho are due to retire by July 1. What is the extension of the service
\nchiefs\u00a0 for? Are there not other officers who are eminently qualified to
\ntake over from the retiring officers?<\/p>\n
\nAir Staff, Sadique Abubakar of involvement in a coup plot, recently issued
\na statement saying it had no such involvement in any any plan to effect an
\nunconstitutional change of government while maintaining that the training
\nwas in reaction to plans by terrorist organisation, Boko Haram, to bomb
\nair bases in the country.<\/p>\n
\nNigerian Airforce personnel, another curious training exercise”, the
\nstatement said.<\/p>\n
\nexercise called operation Damisa, IBB’s coup was planned during a military
\nexercise in the South East. The March for the defence\u00a0 of the constitution
\nand democracy smells like a coup plot especially when there are genuine
\nagitations for the restructuring of the federation of Nigeria”.<\/p>\n
\nrestructuring, it would definitely be dead on arrival as the citizenry
\nwill not be cowed by any section of the country to continue to live under
\nHobbe’s state of nature- where live is short and brutish. We are calling
\non Nigerians to be alert to this grand design by a minority seeking to
\nsubjugate the 170 million people”, the statement said.<\/p>\n
\nbe conducted across the country and the slogan would be “Together we are:
\nProtecting lives and property,\u00a0 ensuring unity and progress,\u00a0 supporting
\ndemocracy,\u00a0 upholding the Constitution, and defending national interests”.<\/p>\n
\ncalled security reasons.<\/p>\n
\ngermaine to the effectiveness of its members, especially in the face of
\ncontemporary security challenges in the Country. In the same vein, group
\ninteraction through an exercise such as route march is an enhancer of
\nespirit de corps and harmony among members of the Security and Response
\nAgencies.\u201d<\/p>\n
\nARE\u201d is to be conducted on quarterly basis involving the Military, Para
\nMilitary and Security Responses Agencies in Nigeria. The slogan for the
\nExercise is: \u201dTOGETHER WE ARE \u201d
\na. Protecting Lives and Property.\u00a0 b. Ensuring Unity and Progress.\u00a0 c.
\nSupporting Democracy.\u00a0 d. Upholding the Constitution.\u00a0 e. Defending
\nNational Interests.<\/p>\n
\nthe Nation on 1st July 2017. The general public is hereby notified that
\nthere will be movement of troops and other security agencies in the course
\nof this exercise.<\/p>\n
\nthat; Together we, as members of the Security and Response Agencies in
\nNigeria are always there to; Protect\u00a0 Lives and Property; Ensure Unity and
\nProgress, Support Democracy, Uphold the Constitution and Defend our
\nNational interests. \u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"