Army Reacts Over Unseating President Buhari

Spokesperson of the Nigeria Army, Sani Kukasheka Usman

With the rumour currently going around Nigerian Army plans planning to overthrow President buhari, the Army has come out to deny the allegation and vows to fish out the perpetrators of such act.

The reiterated that it will continue to support the president Buhari's led administration.

The rumour is set to have been made by the Niger Delta Militants group claiming some officers of the Nigeria Army approached them in assisting them on the mission on June 22, 2016. 

The spokesperson of the Nigeria Army, Sani Kukasheka Usman denied the claim, saying "it as a dangerous speculation". 

Below is is the full statement;

"The attention of the Nigerian Army has been drawn to another campaign of calumny and distraction by faceless criminal gang of economic saboteurs that hide under the aegis of Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force (JNDLF) alleging that some officers of the Nigerian Army approached them for support to overthrow our duly elected present democratic government". 

"This is baseless and most unfortunate allegation that existed in the warped minds of the originators of such weighty allegation. The Nigerian Army wish to state that this is not true and hereby distanced itself from this weighty allegation".

"We also see this speculation as a dangerous distraction to our effort in fighting insurgency and other criminal elements in the country". 

"The Nigerian Army would like to send a strong and an unequivocal warning to those speculating a coup by the Nigerian Army (NA) against the Government to desist forthwith. We would like state in clear terms that that we are a product of democracy and a focused professional institution and would have nothing to do with such abomination and heinous crime".

"We would like to reiterate our unalloyed loyalty to the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and defence of the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria. We would also like to reaffirm our unconditional support and obedience to civil authority". 

"We wish to further assure Nigerians and indeed all peace loving people that the Nigerian Army and indeed its personnel will never be involved in such terrible misadventure". 

"We wish to further add that no matter how long it takes, we would track and find out those behind these insinuations and bring them to justice".