Nigeria’s security agencies are constantly under pressure to compromise elections, Chief of Defense Staff,(CDS), General Lucky Irabor, has alerted.
General Irabor, who appeared yesterday on the weekly edition of the Ministerial Briefing organised by the Presidential Communication Team at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, however assured citizens that the army will not betray the public trust but remain neutral.
The CDS stressed that security operatives come under pressure through inducements, noting that necessary measures are being put in place to ensure that they obey President Muhammadu Buhari’s order to maintain neutrality.
The Defense Chief said operatives are being trained to be more professional, while rules of engagement before, during, and after the elections have been codified and distributed to them.
Irabor also spoke on the key achievements of the military in the effort to keep the country safe, including more recruitment into all branches of the security services, routing of insurgency and banditry as well as the action to curtail oil theft leading to an increase in crude oil production.
