Thursday, July 25, 2024-The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) says it would not condone anarchy in the guise of a nationwide protest.
Speaking during a press conference on
Thursday, August 25, the director of defence media operations, Edward Buba,
said the “contemporary context” of the planned protest in Nigeria is to “shadow
what is happening in Kenya” which the military will not permit.
Buba said although citizens have the
right to peaceful protests as enshrined in the constitution, they do not have
the “rights to mobilise for anarchy and unleash terror”.
The Defence spokesperson said the
military has “detected” plans by some “unscrupulous elements” to hijack the
protest and perpetrate
“I will say that the contemporary context
of this planned protest is to shadow what is happening in Kenya and I will add
that what is happening in Kenya in terms of protest, one, it is violence, two,
it remains unresolved as we speak.
Already, we
have detected some unscrupulous elements bent on hijacking the planned protest
with the aim of making it violent. Many are therefore following in ignorance.”
Buba added that the level of violence “being
envisaged” during the planned protest can only be described as a “state of
anarchy”.
“The armed
forces, on its part, would not stand by and allow anarchy to befall our nation.
This is because we have seen and witnessed anarchy in countries we have
operated,” he said
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