The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has said aggrieved politicians who lost in the last general elections are behind unrest in the country - The COAS said the military has strong evidence to support this but that the force is still very conscious - Buratai also urged the politicians to shelve all other sentiments they may have and put the national interest first The Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai, has blamed the violence and banditry in the country on the embittered politicians who lost in the last general elections. Buratai said this on Wednesday, May 15, during the visit paid to the Army by thee House of Representatives Committee at the military’s Headquarters of the Theatre Command Operation Lafiya in Maiduguri, Bornu state, Channels TV reports


“I want to believe and rightly so that what is going on in the northwest is a fall out of the just concluded general elections. “There are several political interests; politicians in particular who lost in the election and because of their defeat, therefore they are trying to take revenge sponsoring some of those banditry activities and seeming conflicts between farmers and herders,” he said. Daily Trust reports that the committee was in Bornu state to lay wreaths for the fallen heroes of the force in Maiduguri. The CAOS also said the committee’s visit is an opportunity to urge members of the House to advise the aggrieved politicians who to place national interests before any other sentiments they make have.

The Lieutenant also said the Army has strong evidence the politicians are indeed behind the unrest in the country, but that the military is still very conscious. “We have some strong evidence, but we are still being conscious, but the best thing is to advise these politicians who are aggrieved for no just cause and are inflicting serious injury and discomfort to individuals and the country,” he said.

Loud mouth.

Now it's all about the opposition?

Who were those responsible for these same crimes prior to the elections?

We know that crimes,
You have the evidence,
So why are you wailing instead of effecting arrests?

I didn't know that "being conscious " is one of the job description of our military !!!

Aliyutani:


The Lieutenant also said the Army has strong evidence the politicians are indeed behind the unrest in the country, but that the military is still very conscious. “We have some strong evidence, but we are still being conscious, but the best thing is to advise these politicians.

And what have u done so far?