Abuja - The Defense reacted furiously to an advertisement a local political party doubting its capabilities of ending the ongoing terror.
According to Chris Olukalade, the Director of Defence Information, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) viewed with strong exception the political campaign advert by the said political party (name withheld), which was currently airing on several television channels targeting the person and office of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh for denigration.
“In the said advert, vile references were made about the Chief’s leadership of the ongoing counter terrorism operation in some parts of the country. The advert is simply typical of the now very common use of the print, electronic and social media to propagate the campaign of attacking or ridiculing the Nigerian Armed Forces all with the intention of scoring political points,” he said.
Olukalade said the issues raised in the so-called political advert had already been clarified a couple of times by the DHQ and efforts are currently being channeled towards effective prosecution of the fight against terror with a view to reversing the situation in the areas where the terrorists are showing presence.
“It is therefore unfortunate that a lot of fabrications, exaggeration, misrepresentation of facts and outright falsehood are bring disseminated to achieve this unjust objective of tarnishing the reputation of the leadership and individual officers of the nation’s military, all with the aim of getting at the government of the day.”
Olukalade said it was disappointing that some politicians were yet to understand the need to separate sensitive national security issues from their zealous political activities.
“It is, to say the least, very unbecoming of any political party to drag the name and office of a serving Chief of Defence Staff into their political campaigns. This tendency is divisive and aimed at the morale and cohesion in the nation’s Armed Forces. Those who are so desperate to drag the military into political campaigns should realise that no political party or politician should hope to benefit from any effort to destroy the fabric of the nation’s military.”
He pointed out that the Chief of Defence Staff and by extension the entire personnel of Nigerian military did not belong to or work for any political party rather they work for the overall interest of the nation.
“The DHQ therefore urge politicians to always know when and where to draw the lines and keep the military out of their political machinations.”
According to Chris Olukalade, the Director of Defence Information, the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) viewed with strong exception the political campaign advert by the said political party (name withheld), which was currently airing on several television channels targeting the person and office of Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh for denigration.
“In the said advert, vile references were made about the Chief’s leadership of the ongoing counter terrorism operation in some parts of the country. The advert is simply typical of the now very common use of the print, electronic and social media to propagate the campaign of attacking or ridiculing the Nigerian Armed Forces all with the intention of scoring political points,” he said.
Olukalade said the issues raised in the so-called political advert had already been clarified a couple of times by the DHQ and efforts are currently being channeled towards effective prosecution of the fight against terror with a view to reversing the situation in the areas where the terrorists are showing presence.
“It is therefore unfortunate that a lot of fabrications, exaggeration, misrepresentation of facts and outright falsehood are bring disseminated to achieve this unjust objective of tarnishing the reputation of the leadership and individual officers of the nation’s military, all with the aim of getting at the government of the day.”
Olukalade said it was disappointing that some politicians were yet to understand the need to separate sensitive national security issues from their zealous political activities.
“It is, to say the least, very unbecoming of any political party to drag the name and office of a serving Chief of Defence Staff into their political campaigns. This tendency is divisive and aimed at the morale and cohesion in the nation’s Armed Forces. Those who are so desperate to drag the military into political campaigns should realise that no political party or politician should hope to benefit from any effort to destroy the fabric of the nation’s military.”
He pointed out that the Chief of Defence Staff and by extension the entire personnel of Nigerian military did not belong to or work for any political party rather they work for the overall interest of the nation.
“The DHQ therefore urge politicians to always know when and where to draw the lines and keep the military out of their political machinations.”
- CAJ News
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