The Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen Taoreed Lagbaja on Tuesday said the military will not heed calls for overthrow of democratically elected government to satisfy some interests.
Speaking in Uyo, Akwa Ibom State at the opening ceremony of the COAS Combined 2nd and 3rd Quarters Conference, Lagbaja said the call for military takeover was majorly coming from young Nigerians who never experienced the era of Nigeria's extensive military rule. He stressed that the Nigerian Army was not ready to lose the 'new prestige' it has painstakingly built in the past 25 years by allowing safe democratic rule.
He said though the situation that led to the protest seemed to have settled, the Nigerian Army understands that the issue of food security was among the factors that led to the protest. The COAS pledged the Army's resolve to wade in through the review of its agricultural policy.
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