Jonathan Tells Military Top Brass to Weed out Black Legs
President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday urged the leadership of the Armed Forces to redeploy officers and men sabotaging operations. Jonath...
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President Goodluck Jonathan on Wednesday urged the leadership of the Armed Forces to redeploy officers and men sabotaging operations. Jonathan made the call at the National Cemetery, Abuja while unveiling the Cenotaph built in memory of the nation’s fallen heroes from 2011 to date.
The President said that the armed forces were doing their best under the circumstances they were working. He said government would continue to encourage and provide what was required by them to perform their duty. Jonathan said: “I am not saying that there are no black legs.
“There are definitely few cases where people exhibit behaviour that is not expected of them. We always have such situations all over the world, in all sectors of government. So, it is the duty of the officers to detect those who are committed to this country, early enough. “So that those who will create problems for them, those who will betray others and lead to massive death of officers and men when in operations, are removed early enough. If we are able to filter among ourselves and identify such people, they may be deployed in different ways. “I am not advocating retirement of people except it becomes very clear that somebody has committed an offence that requires that.” The President said soldiers must be trusted people and they must not betray themselves or troops.
According to him, if anybody is suspected to have such behaviour, the best thing is for the person to be redeployed to a position that he will not be an enemy to his colleagues He said that the unveiling of the cenotaph was unique as it carried the names of officers and men that were deployed in various operations and paid the supreme sacrifice. Jonathan said that the cenotaph was may be the only link between them and the future generation, their children and grandchildren. He said: “It is a project that is dear to me and that is why I mentioned that we need this kind of a memorial for the remembrance of our past heroes.
:Probably in the future as a nation, we may even have a bigger museum that photographs of some of our officers will be displayed. “So that future generation can always know the various contributions people had made over the years.”
