The Nigeria Military has
reinstated its neutrality in the forthcoming general election.
The military said it belongs to
no political party, whether ruling or opposition, adding that it was on ground
and carried out its responsibilities during the 2015 presidential election when
an opposition political party, the All Progressives Congress, APC, won a
sitting President.
The military spoke through its
Acting Director of Defence Information, Brig,-Gen. John Agim, in a press
conference in Abuja on Thursday.
The military also said that it
does not give ears to issues between political parties.
Asked whether the military was
backing the ruling party to win the February 16 presidential election,
Brig.-Gen. Agim, said, “A political party, the Peoples Democratic Party
conducted the 2015 election and an opposition party won. The military was
there.
“The military is going to do the
same in 2019 which is to ensure that voters move freely to cast their votes. We
have done it before. And if there’re issues among the political parties, that
is not our responsibility and we don’t want to talk about that.
“Ours is that we have deployed
our men to all over the country to make sure that there is no part of the
country the citizens don’t cast the votes because of security issues.
“That is what we’ve been doing
and we can give you the assurance that, that is what we’re going to do.
Whatever thing that is happening among the political parties, it is not what
we’re here to talk about because the military does not belong to any political
party.”
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