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Section 218 of the 1999 constitution(as amended):

A Minister in Nigeria(Wike for instance) does not have the right to command a soldier.

Constitutional & Legal Basis Under Section 218 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended):

Exclusive Command Authority:
🚨The President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has the sole power to determine the operational use of the armed forces and to appoint senior officers.
No Ministerial Command Over Soldiers:

The Minister of Defence (or any other minister) is a civilian political head of the ministry. Their role is policy formulation, administration, and oversight—not operational command.
Chain of Command:
Operational orders to soldiers flow only from the President Chief of Defence Staff Service Chiefs Commanders in the field.

A minister cannot issue direct orders to troops.

Hope you learn something

I hope everyone are enlighten here. Wike goofed

Wike will expose Tinubu to more trouble. This I have seen

A soldier also has no right to flex its power over a policeman within a country. Try that with the US police and see how fast you will ve placed in handcuffs and jailed.

It a lie if US police do anyhow to US military they will cripple the police… no where in the world a police should disrespect a service military personnel coz some of you will be typing rubbish up and down…

Zooposki:
A soldier also has no right to flex its power over a policeman within a country. Try that with the US police and see how fast you will ve placed in handcuffs and jailed.

Morenikeji090:
It a lie if US police do anyhow to US military they will cripple the police… no where in the world a police should disrespect a service military personnel coz some of you will be typing rubbish up and down…

If you are a civilian on the street, the Police have the immediate and routine jurisdiction over you. The Army's domestic jurisdiction is highly restricted and requires special authorization, making the Police the agency with the broader everyday authority within the country.

The army's primary jurisdiction is national defense and only applies domestically under specific, limited circumstances.

Politicstoday:
Section 218 of the 1999 constitution(as amended):

A Minister in Nigeria(Wike for instance) does not have the right to command a soldier.

Constitutional & Legal Basis Under Section 218 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended):

Exclusive Command Authority:
🚨The President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has the sole power to determine the operational use of the armed forces and to appoint senior officers.
No Ministerial Command Over Soldiers:

The Minister of Defence (or any other minister) is a civilian political head of the ministry. Their role is policy formulation, administration, and oversight—not operational command.
Chain of Command:
Operational orders to soldiers flow only from the President Chief of Defence Staff Service Chiefs Commanders in the field.

A minister cannot issue direct orders to troops.

Hope you learn something

So if a general is owing NEPA bill now, he may decide to order his officers to prevent NEPA from disconnecting his light just because he's a general? And we would justify his order because of the Army chain of command or whatever? Why are we so foolish in this country?

The average IQ of Nigerians is low. Even AI is more intelligent.

Go to Grok, Claude, Gpt 5 and get a non biased answer to the Wike issue.

I said yesterday and will continue to say it. Nyesom Wike is a power intoxicated man that met his own match.

Politicstoday:
Section 218 of the 1999 constitution(as amended):

A Minister in Nigeria(Wike for instance) does not have the right to command a soldier.

Constitutional & Legal Basis Under Section 218 of the 1999 Constitution (as amended):

Exclusive Command Authority:
🚨The President, as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, has the sole power to determine the operational use of the armed forces and to appoint senior officers.
No Ministerial Command Over Soldiers:

The Minister of Defence (or any other minister) is a civilian political head of the ministry. Their role is policy formulation, administration, and oversight—not operational command.
Chain of Command:
Operational orders to soldiers flow only from the President Chief of Defence Staff Service Chiefs Commanders in the field.

A minister cannot issue direct orders to troops.

Hope you learn something

What you post is rubbish! You should be asking yourself if the soldier has a constitutional duty to be there! The minister has a constitutional duty to be there. You can be arrested as a trespasser If you're in the wrong place even at the right time! The duty of an army officer is to either be at the barrack or be at a duty post assigned by authorities. A retired officer is not an authority

Zooposki:
A soldier also has no right to flex its power over a policeman within a country. Try that with the US police and see how fast you will ve placed in handcuffs and jailed.

Have u seen a US police display such shameful overzealous attitude just to please a politician

Or have u ever seen an appointed minister challenge any officer of the US armed forces....

Evn if the minister was unaware , once he realises hes tlking to military officer, either retired or serving, what u hear next is " tnk u for ur service

Misterone:
What you post is rubbish! You should be asking yourself if the soldier has a constitutional duty to be there! The minister has a constitutional duty to be there. You can be arrested as a trespasser If you're in the wrong place even at the right time! The duty of an army officer is to either be at the barrack or be at a duty post assigned by authorities. A retired officer is not an authority

he was sent there by his boss

Politicstoday:
he was sent there by his boss

Which boss? A retired officer? Is it the constitutional duty of a military officer ( not even an order rank officer) to guard someone that's not a government official? While at the same time provoking a representative of the commander in chief of the Armed forces? Someone his oga will have to salute to!