Lucky Irabor, chief of defence staff, says the army will not
condone violent secession agitations.
Irabor said this during a meeting with retired senior
military officers in Imo on Thursday.
He said the military has no business with those who follow
the law but will not condone anyone instigating violence.
“It is not the job of the military to stop anyone from
agitating for whatever he so wishes. It is a political thing,” he said.
“What we are against
is having to use the instrument of violence to bring about the agitation.
“We have a constitution that enables us to present whatever
grievances that we have. So, if anyone is going outside the provisions of the
Constitution, of course, we as military and other security agencies won’t allow
that. Why do you have to kill to achieve your desires?”
He said the military will withstand any attempt by
individual, group or anybody wielding violence against the state.
“That we will not
allow, ”he said.
“Again, there are provisions for anyone who believes that he
has certain desires within the confines of the arrangement as enshrined in the
constitution to ventilate such views.
“So, this is the reason we think that violence is not the
way to go. We are appealing to everyone to seek the course of rule of law to
bring about whatever his agitations are,” he said.
Irabor said the parley is designed to tackle security menace
ravaging the country.
“I am happy to note
that the civil-military cooperation department which I established as the Chief
of Army Staff has grown and is today playing a major role in interfacing
between the military and civil society,” he said.
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