Stand against Misuse of Military during Elections

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has urged Nigerians to stand against misuse of military during the coming elections.

The governor while delivering his address titled: ‘A toast to our men and women of valour’ at the launching of Armed Forces Remembrance emblem held at the Government House in Osogbo on Tuesday said “it is a great misnomer and misuse of the military and society’s resources for soldiers to be deployed as instruments for abridging the citizens’ freedom and liberty, and to intimidate and bully them for the sinister purpose of gaining electoral advantage.

“This we have witnessed on several occasions in recent times when the government at the centre unleashed combat-ready soldiers on the populace in a purely civil matter of vote casting by law-abiding citizens.

“More alarming is the fact that this happened at a time when a part of the country had been taken over by a terrorist group whose dislodgement should have been a matter of high national security priority.

“Such inexcusable abuse of authority and citizens’ trust ought to trigger in any right-thinking citizen a deep sense of patriotic indignation.”