NATIONAL: Calls for sack of service chiefs unguarded — DHQ

THE Defence Headquarters has said the military will not be distracted or demoralised by the incessant calls for the sack of service chiefs coming from various quarters in the country.

The Coordinator, Defence Media Operations, Major-General John Enenche, made this known on Friday noting that such calls are unfortunate and unguarded.

Enenche, said this on Arise TV’s ‘The Morning Show’ on Friday.

Explaining why the call is unguarded at the moment, Enenche said soldiers on the battle fronts were preoccupied with how to decimate insurgency, and the engagement has led to some of them paying the supreme price.

He stressed that it was because of the commitment and sacrifice of these soldiers that many Nigerians could sleep soundly at night adding that men who are that busy have no time to hear such talks

He said, “The calls for service chiefs’ removal do not dampen our morale in any way because it is unfortunate that where soldiers are laying down their lives so you can sleep, people are coming out to talk unguarded.

“It is only in this country you can hear that. It is what we have signed for and is a task that must be done. At times a man in the war front does not even listen to such talk. How to get the job done is what’s on our mind.

“If we were discouraged we won’t get the job done. Where were we, particularly in the North-East and North-West before now? When you make the comparison you will know why we are not”.