Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai, has taken a swipe at
those threatening Nigerian military officers with a travel ban.
He spoke on Monday at a meeting with Army commanders in
Abuja on the End SARS protest and violent incidents across the country.
The COAS lambasted international organisations clamouring
for a ban on top personnel and soldiers over rights abuses.
“Criminal elements are threatening us with travel ban but we
are not worried because we must remain in this country to make it better.
“The first time I travelled outside of this country, I was
already 50 years and a General, so I don’t mind if I live the rest of my life
here”, The Cable quoted him as saying.
Buratai warned that the military will not allow any agent in
or outside Nigeria cause lawlessness.
The Army Chief stressed that “subversive elements,
detractors and other enemies of Nigeria” will not be allowed to achieve “their
aims and objectives of destabilisation”.
Buratai said recent events have shown the determination of
unscrupulous individuals and groups to cause chaos in Nigeria by all means.
“These individuals, groups and other undesirable elements
have hijacked the peaceful #EndSARS protest marches resulting to widespread
violence, acts of wanton destruction and looting of public and private
properties in many parts of the country. These acts led to the imposition of
curfew in several states of the federation.”
Buratai insisted that the Army has continued to exercise
restraint, apply the principles of internal security operations and fully abide
by internationally recognised rules of engagement.
He said the Army’s standard operating procedures for
internal security operations were “derived from international human rights laws
and are in accordance with the international principles guiding the use of
force”.
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