Buhari Says 2023 Handover Date Certain
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the Nigerian Armed Forces to remain apolitical, limiting their operations within the constitutional framework.
This is just as he said his handover of power to another elected leader in May 2023 is definite as stipulated in the Nigerian Constitution.
He also encouraged them to refrain from human rights abuses as a way to win the hearts of ordinary Nigerians.
These are contained in two separate statements issued on Monday by the Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu.
In a statement titled, “President Buhari canvasses Army neutrality on 2023 polls, wants human rights obligations sustained,” Buhari urged the Army to keep improving their human rights obligations in line with global best practices and also pledged that the modernisation drive of the Nigerian Armed Forces would be vigorously sustained.
‘‘The professionalism you exhibited in the successful conduct of the Anambra, Osun, and Ekiti states elections should also be reflected in the 2023 general elections,’’ he said in Sokoto when he declared open the Chief of Army Staff’s Annual Conference 2022.
- Speaking on the 2023 elections, Buhari noted that the Army and the Armed Forces, in general, must support the civil authority by providing a peaceful environment to enable its successful conduct.
