Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has
revealed that security forces came under intense pressure to compromise
elections.
He, however, assured Nigerians not to lose sleep over such
pressures as the military will maintain its neutrality in line with the
directive of the President, Muhammadu Buhari.
Gen Irabor made the comment on Thursday while featuring on
the Ministerial Media Briefing anchored by the Presidential Communications Team
at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Giving further insight into how they came under pressure, he
revealed that security forces are pressured by sundry inducements.
He noted that measures were being put in place by the
military hierarchy to ensure that the men obey the directive to remain neutral.
He said personnel are being trained to be more professional
in their dealings while Standard Operations Practice (SOP) before, during and
after the elections have been codified and distributed to them.
Answering a question on how the military was prepared to
ward off pressure to compromise elections given the President’s directive for
neutrality, he said: “I’m glad that you reiterated the commander in chief‘s
directive to the armed forces.
“I’m afraid you say you have a worry. Rather than worry, I
would rather think that trust should be anchored. Why?
“Of course, there will always be pressure from all quarters,
wanting to induce security forces, not just the military, the security force
the police. And that’s what criminal enterprise is all about. That is what
something that is wrong is all about.
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