Coup Alert: DHQ Says Information Total False
Princess-Ekwi Ajide Abuja
Defence Headquarters has described as malicious and unfounded an online article claiming that the Guards Brigade had been put on high alert following unusual movements, leading to suspicion of a coup plot in Nigeria.
According to a statement by the Acting Director Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, in Abuja, the allegation is totally false and the Guards Brigade has been statutorily assigned the responsibility of protecting the seat of power, (The Presidency) and by extension the Federal Capital Territory and its environs.
This it noted is why the Guards Brigade has always been on high alert in order to effectively execute its assigned tasks.
The statement recalled that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa had in various fora reiterated the unalloyed commitment of members of the Armed Forces of Nigeria to the protection and sustenance of democracy in Nigeria.
It is on this backdrop, that the Defence Headquarters strongly condemn what it termed unsubstantiated assertion, a figment of imagination of the publisher and enjoined members of the public to disregard it.
The Defence Headquarters, further called on relavant security agencies to immediately take appropriate action against the Sahara Reporters for the unpatriotic action, saying it will seek legal redress on the issue which has the ulterior motive of creating unnecessary tension in the country.
