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Retired officers have no case — Defence Minister

*Our retirements driven by vendetta — Retired officers
By Kingsley Omonobi & Emmanuel Elebeke

ABUJA — The Army high command and 38 senior officers retired last week were, yesterday, locked in a war of words over the latter’s mode of disengagement. While the Army and Defence Minister, Mansur Mohammed Dan Ali, said the officers were indicted for what they described as political and monetary corruption, some of the officers said they were not given fair hearing, arguing that they were neither involved in the 2015 elections nor in procurement of arms and ammunition used in the war against Boko Haram. Those retired included nine Major Generals, 10 Brigadier-Generals, seven Colonels, 11 Lieutenant Colonels and a Major. Retired officers have no case The Defence Minister, who spoke at the Peace Support seminar organized at the National Defence College, Abuja, said those protesting the retirement had no case, especially since due process was followed before the retirements were announced.

He said: “This is about Defence sector reforms and it has to start in earnest. What we did is to make sure that all those indicted in one way or the other, both for professional corruption and monetary corruption, were shown the way out.

“By professional corruption, I mean if you are partisan, that is professional corruption and you will be asked to go. That is exactly what happened. So, all those that were indicted were asked to go.” Asked if the officers were given fair hearing and terms and condition of service strictly observed, the minister said: “Of course, they were given fair hearing. They were called by a board and they went and testified. “Don’t forget that in the military, there is no half-way of doing things. The moment you are found wanting, you have to succumb and you will go.” Meanwhile, the Defence Minister in his remarks at the seminar, said: “There is political will under the Buhari administration to transform the armed forces.” Emphasizing that the involvement of the military in policing duties around the nooks and crannies of the country was responsible for the Army getting involved in politics, Dan Ali said:

“Of recent, most of the functions of the police had been taken over by the military. But we cannot just go and take away the armed forces from the streets. It has to be a gradual process. “2015 election duties were not our responsibility. Our duties were only to support the police.

The military was involved in too much professional corruption by way of partisanship. We were not to be seen near polling stations. “But due to the militancy of our elections, the military were called in as standby and to support the police, not to take over the elections and coerce people. Military soiled its hands “The consequence is that the military has soiled its hands. We are losing credibility. That is why I have called for security sector reforms. “In alliance with the Ministry of Interior, we are returning the police to its pride of place. We are initiating better training for them to perform their functions better.’’

In his address, Commandant of the National Defence College, Rear-Admiral Samuel Alade, said since the Defence Minister assumed office, the friction that usually existed between the Ministry of Defence and the Services in the area of military procurement and logistics requirement was no longer prevalent, adding that there was now better co-ordination, co-operation and transparency that had made things easier.

We followed due process in retiring them —

Buratai Speaking in a similar vein, yesterday, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-General Tukur Buratai, said the Army followed due process in retiring the senior officers. Buratai, who gave the explanation when he paid a courtesy call on the Minister of Communications, Adebayo Shittu, in his office in Abuja, said there was no better time to carry out the exercise than now as the process took a painstaking effort to achieve. He said the entire process was subjected to various stages of scrutiny to avoid picking innocent officers, adding that the list was, thereafter, forwarded to higher authorities for consideration. He said: “There is no better time than now to retire the affected military officers. It took us painstaking procedure to be sure that we don’t pick innocent ones. “We started with inquiry from one Division GOC to the other. After that, we subjected it to legal review. After the legal review, we forwarded our recommendations to higher authorities for consideration. “So, it took us time; we have our own process also; our administrative process, dovetailing into our legal review and so on. I think this is the better time; there is no better time than now.”

On the visit to the Communication Ministry, Buratai said it was targeted at expanding existing collaboration between the Nigerian Army and the ministry in the areas of satellite and data communications. He explained that national security was key in the visit, since it was important for the army to collaborate in order to fight Boko Haram terrorism and other security challenges facing the country. He said: “We want to carry out our activities more efficiently and professionally. We are here deliberately to collaborate with the Ministry of Communications, in the areas of communication security. We know that communication is vital to security operation of the Nigerian Army. “We have a number of security challenges in the North-East and in the Niger Delta but we need closer collaboration with the Ministry of Communication. “From the Galaxy Backbone and satellite agencies, these institutions have great impact on our communication needs. We have been collaborating already in terms of providing the basic communications and satellite facilities but we need to expand our operation.”

Our retirements driven by mischief, vendetta -

However, some officers who spoke to Vanguard, insisted the retirement was done out of mischief and vendetta, noting that many of them never appeared before any board of inquiry, neither did their offices have anything to do with the 2015 general elections for which they were being victimized.

One officer told Vanguard: “Look at the list of those retired. These are brigade commanders, GOCs and commanding officers, who served in all the states lost by the APC to PDP. “What is our offence? Would we have forced the people to vote for candidates other than their choice?” Another officer told Vanguard: “Thank God, this is democracy and we have a right to be heard. They have done their bit but many of us have decided, we are going to fight this injustice in court. “Some people cannot just arrogate power to themselves and ruin the careers of other persons who have given their all to the nation.”

Read more at: http://www.vanguardngr.com/2016/06/retirements-army-38-officers-war-words/

SuperS1Panther:
6 0r 3 divisions -- YES.

2 -- Capital N and O.

3 can never be possible, probably north, southwest and south south / south east. In the north u have a majority christian north central, do u expect states like jos or Benue to join kano and katsina they would be slaughtered or forcefully converted. The best is either 4 or 6

shugaboy6102:
very big problem

hmmm.

The major problem of Nigeria is the 1999 constitution, which was imposed by the cabals who have hijacked this country.

Ipob and massob should sit up now and term those instigating violence among them as Sudanese. This is the way buhari wants it.

Shit, why .

No good news anymore in this country, Nigeria currently is under a plague caused by us.

Rip ojb

God .. APC .. Smh.

ideylaff:
You don't know Ibe Kachikwu deep than people who know him.

Hmmmmmm time ton speak not now.

Ask TY Danjuma and IBB about him or ask his close pal former Goverbor of Delta State Dr Uduaghan

tell me what you know about him

There is trouble in Nigeria, caused by buhari

This is a person that has his people at heart, and not that looter called amaechi.

So APC would count this npower scheme as job creation. There is problem in this country.

ItsMeAboki:
Just as I had thought, evading the issue and beating around the bush; why can't you show how the local population in the so called oil producing states are directly involved and therefore responsible for the crude oil revenue generation in their states or how they could in anyway be more productive than the ppl of Katsina state.
Stop making silly statements and arguing ignorantly.

u are the person arguing ignorantly at the same time begging the question. google and see the number of employed people in the oil states and how much those states generate then compare it to katsina. Don't expect me to spoon feed u with information, I believe u are good with the internet, so google it.

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IDGAF

Una no go kill person.

modestofynest:
OP write their full names now abi u dey sympathetic to that region, see their faces na dem new generations of SW Agbero this is how dey all started Shina Rambo and Co, madame leave dem it's in their blood

Mobileman829:
Please be considerate, how can you expect someone to listwn when he cannot hear

at least they said he has been treated and cleared to return.

ItsMeAboki:
Oboy, una done start with this una insulting sentiments; how is the the population of the so called oil producing states (you inferred) anymore productive than that of Katsina state?
Are the local ppl in those states directly involved and therefore anymore responsible for the oil revenue from their states than those in Katsina state?

Oyinbo man bring im money, equipment and technology; agreed with government to pay it royalties to drill the oil; local persin no even near dey inside, na only blackmail, bunker and kidnap him sabi and to go about flexing with na our oyel mentality without actually contributing anything towards the production itself.

Abeg go park one side, no vex this early morning.

all this ur write up is irrelevant until fed govt starts sharing money made from tomatoes, cocoa, groundnut, yam etc.

So its only equipment and robots that are involved in drilling. People are toiling day and night to drill oil far away south to feed millions of people who know nothing but religion and child bearing.
Try park one side.

razortruth:
what is your problem mr man? Did Kastina state force you to marry only one wife with two kids only?

if u want to have ten thousand wives and fifty million children no qualms, but u should be ready to feed them with proceeds from tomatoes and groundnut and not wait for when oil money would be shared.

MRSALT:
Buhari has finally destroyed the most robust economy in Africa just within one year. Some people will come now and say former administration is the cause. But in the history of Nigeria, there are times we had no foreign reserve and the sell of crude oil was as low as $35 dollars per barrel, yet banks did not regulate the amount of cash an individual could withdraw. May Nigeria never go Greece way. If you do not understand, the banks are indirectly saying 'there is no money' because people are withdrawing cash from their accounts in order to buy dollars from the black markets . Now, banks have no dollars to sell and they have no cash to give you.

we are finished under Mr integrity pls don't mention Greece when I hear that name fear grips me.

Katsina getting more than some oil states. Why should population be considered when sharing revenue, so some people can keep on producing unproductive population at the detriments of others, if it was by population ( productive) Lagos should be getting more than 200 bill. Look at even borno getting more than viable states. This is why they kick against fiscal federalism so that they keep on sharing money like father Christmas

Fulani from Libya, avengers Somalia, it doesn't matter where they are from, what matters is making sure Nigeria doesn't end up like them.

Everyone is singing true federalism, but would buhari listen.

Luvdmx:
Too much weed and alcohol esp those England fans.

England though they won the match until Russian last minute Putin goal.

correct last minute Putin goal

Hmm, u can see all of them are from the region shouting one Nigeria except from the two traitors okoroacha and amaechi. Look at even rauf and amaechi who had no business outside politics are now competing with being the richest while their states are in comatose. Everyday for the thief....

Very precise. Its only an uninsightful person that won't notice that since buhari won, the mindset of the core north has been that of conquerors, they go about doing whatever they want with reckless abandon and nobody to challenge them.
The military elite knew why they kept buhari out of govt for long except during the time of abacha, but APC threw caution to the winds by bringing the devil back just to be in power, now they are in power I wonder what they have achieved within these few months. May God give southerners wisdom, especially the sai barbarians

The much-anticipated MC-21 aircraft, touted to become a direct rival of the Boeing-737 and Airbus 320, has been rolled out for official presentation in Irkutsk, Russia. Serial production of the medium- and short-range passenger jet is planned for 2017.

Russia’s United Aircraft Corporation, the umbrella organization that owns Irkut Corporation - the actual developer of the plane - held an international presentation of the new aircraft on Wednesday. Building the jet reportedly cost 100 billion rubles (approximately US$3.5 billion).


The ceremony was attended by Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev, who congratulated the national aircraft industry, as MC-21 became the first Russia’s medium-range passenger aircraft developed this century.

“This is a huge victory for our aviation industry and Irkut Corporation, our scientists, designers, engineers and workers,” Medvedev said. “I’m sure this is going to be a good machine, reliable and efficient.”

The two-engine MC-21 will be delivered in three basic versions, with passenger capacity ranging from 150 to 211 seats. The range capability of the aircraft will vary from 5,500 to 6,000km (3,400-3,700 miles).

The aircraft is being produced with extensive use of composite materials and alloys of aluminum and titanium, making it considerably lighter than its predecessors.

The plane will fly with the engines of one of two producers - Russia’s Aviadvigatel (Airengine, City of Perm) PD-14 or American company Pratt & Whitney’s PurePower® PW1400G – to order.

Both engines have been specifically developed and adapted for the MC-21. The PD-14 (Prospective Engine 2014) will develop into a family of engines to be certified tested on aircraft in 2017.

An estimated 30-40 percent of the aircraft’s components are produced by Irkut’s foreign partners.

Apart from rivaling the Boeing-737 MAX and Airbus 319 and 320, the MC-21 is set to replace the outgoing domestic Tupolev Tu-134, Tu-154 and Tu-204, and Yakovlev’s Yak-40.

Flight tests for the MC-21 are set to begin by the end of 2016 and full certification is expected to be finished by the end of 2017. Beginning in 2020, Irkut Corporation plans to produce 20 MC-21 aircraft per year; increasing the tempo of production to 70 planes in 2023.

The corporation already has solid orders for 175 aircraft. The first client to receive MC-21 aircraft in late 2018 will be Aeroflot, which has ordered 50 units.


https://www.rt.com/news/345823-mc-21-aircraft-presentation-irkut/

Appleyard:
Its already happening.

better late than never.

englishmart:
you will soon hear from sharia court

ok

Hmmm, until I hear from supreme court.

Lucasbalo:
My friend, you are a Russian political expert. Leave American politics to those who know about it. Your analysis of Trump\Clinton is absolutely wrong. The funny thing is that Tramp don't care about no one but Tramp and he even hates people that look like you and I. The Bigoted one is a compulsive and a serial like and a charlatan to boot. Please don't get me started on the worthless two bit hustler. November 8, he will go into oblivion and his scamming ways like his fake scamming Tramp University with no accrediting.

trump is more concerned about america, Hillary on her part is the continuation of world instability, american ruthless hegemony, capitalism wars and other chaos the united states is known for. Anyone who wins out of the two is a non zero sum game as they are almost the same. Sanders would have been the perfect american leader since j.f Kennedy

DIKEnaWAR:
The Clintons( I see Hilary's Presidency as a continuation of Bill's and set to accomplish all he couldn't ) are committed to world peace. Forget rumours of war-mongering, she was a Secretary of state and had to take a decision; right or wrong. A leader takes a decision, when required, based on information at his/her disposal at the moment. That's what she did. Trump had never been given an opportunity at governance and will remain a saint till he does. Don't forget, Obama, at a time was the darling of American politics, today he has tried his hands on govt and has been stained.


Americans just want to experiment with a Trump Presidency; like we are doing here now, and it will backfire if realised. Trump will be a Ghaddafi in the White House.

after four years he can be voted out, or impeached. Cause it would be more easier to impeach an erring trump than an erring Clinton.

MadamExcellency:
As much as Justice demands speedy execution, I have outgrown sentimentalism hence Justice is what should be served and seen to be delivered without dancing towards either side of the divide.

On three separate occasions, DSS has failed to bring Dasuki to court which elicited adjournment yet the Judge never engaged in shouting matches with counsels representing the FG. Now pray tell me who is delaying the trial between FG and Dasuki?

thank u.