The Chief of Military Employees, Lt. Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, has stated the Nigerian Military has arrested the soldier who criticized Lagos State Governor, Babajide Sanwo-Olu, for ordering the arrest of his colleague together with three different motorcyclists for opposing drove into site visitors on the freeway. Lagos-Badagry freeway.
Lagbaja stated the navy is dissatisfied with the soldier's conduct and that it’s in opposition to the self-discipline of the power.
Whereas addressing journalists in Enugu on Tuesday on the conduct of the troopers, Lagbaja stated the stated troopers have been arrested and investigations are underway into others who had acted in the identical method.
“The navy has investigated and the soldier has been arrested and we’re investigating each different comical occasion you will have seen on social media,” he stated.
PUNCH experiences {that a} soldier focused Sanwo-Olu following the arrest of his colleague together with three different motorcyclists for using in opposition to site visitors on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
The yet-to-be-identified soldier in a viral video defended his colleague, accusing Sanwo-Olu of calling a soldier “ineffective” within the presence of “mongrel residents.”
He stated the governor of the state had no proper to arrest a soldier, particularly in entrance of his barracks, noting that troopers will not be underneath the management of any state governor besides their senior officers .
Reacting to the event, Lagbaja stated the soldier who was arrested for working in a selected method doesn’t signify the Nigerian Military, saying the motion is opposite to the self-discipline of the power and the Structure of the state.
He stated: “I need to say that the soldier who was apprehended by the Governor of Lagos State whereas enjoying one-way site visitors doesn’t signify the Nigerian Military as a result of it’s in each respect opposite to what we stand for, which is self-discipline as an Military and the Structure and Legal guidelines of Lagos State.”
He, nevertheless, famous that opposite to claims that three officers of the power had come out to defend their colleague and criticized the state governor, solely considered one of them was an officer of the power.
“And we as a military frown upon that, however what you alleged that troopers have taken to social media and defamed the individual and workplace of the Governor of Lagos State, I’ll say it’s only one soldier who did that did. The others will not be Nigerian Military personnel.
“We’ve examined the style of costume of a few of them and you’ll know that they don’t seem to be personnel of the Nigerian Military.
“One in every of them was carrying the badge the wrong way up and these will not be Nigerian Military personnel. A civil servant can by no means do this. And from the statements these folks made, from which angle they’re speaking. They're speaking about politics, not the navy.
“So we go away it this manner in order that those that belong to the navy we’re investigating are handled accordingly.”
Additional, Lagbaja stated the troops can be delicate to the disciplined and law-abiding perspective of the communities the place they’re posted to discharge their duties.
“Even this morning once I arrived in Enugu, the Chief of Military Administration despatched me a draft directive which he despatched to all formations and models of the Nigerian Military to additional sensitize our troops on the have to be disciplined and cling to the hold guidelines. the legal guidelines of every neighborhood the place they’re deployed.
“So, we’re severe about imposing legal guidelines and laws and stay disciplined, and we’ll implement that on our employees,” he assured.
The PUNCH On-line experiences that Sanwo-Olu has ordered the arrest of a soldier and three different motorcyclists for using in opposition to site visitors on the Lagos-Badagry Expressway.
In a viral video, Sanwo-Olu was seen ordering his males to place one of many motorcyclists who claimed to be a soldier into the automobile, stating that he was going to lock him up.
