The Defence Headquarters has urged Governor Dikko Radda of Katsina to engage with the Military High Command to provide evidence supporting his claim that the military has been involved in and benefiting from terrorist activities in the state.
This information was shared in a communication released by the Director of Defence Media Operations, Maj.-Gen. Edward Buba, on Wednesday in Abuja.
Mr Buba mentioned that the governor leveled the accusation during his appearance on the television show ‘Politics Today’ on April 5th.
He said, “In the light of the aforementioned statement of the governor, the AFN elects not to join words with him but would encourage him to approach the military high command to substantiate his allegations.
“It is worthy of note to state that, the AFN led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, has zero tolerance for indiscipline and any form of criminality in the conduct of operations across the country
“It is for this reason that, there are standing court martials to treat any form of misbehaviour by troops especially those that portray the military negatively to the general populace.
“Meanwhile, the military remains unperturbed by such statements capable of demoralising or dampening the spirit of troops in operational theatres.
“Rather, we will continue on the trajectory of conducting operations as well as working assiduously in the fight against terrorism.”
