Defence Headquarters dismisses report of coup attempt

By Kingsley Omonobi

The Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has described arsenic mendacious and misleading reports successful an online mean alleging that the country’s 65th independency day activities were cancelled implicit an attempted coup plot.

The DHQ urged the nationalist to disregard the misinformation being circulated by purveyors of falsehoods and enemies of the nation.

A connection by the Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Tukur Gusau, titled, ‘DHQ Never Mentioned Any Coup Attempt’, made this known.

It reads, “The attraction of the Defence Headquarters (DHQ) has been drawn to a mendacious and misleading study by an online work insinuating that the cancellation of activities marking Nigeria’s 65th Independence Anniversary was linked to an alleged attempted subject coup.

“The study besides made spurious references to the caller DHQ property merchandise announcing the apprehension of sixteen officers presently nether probe for nonrecreational misconduct.

“The Armed Forces of Nigeria (AFN) wishes to categorically authorities that the claims by the said work are wholly false, malicious, and intended to origin unnecessary hostility and distrust among the populace.

“The determination regarding the cancellation of 65th independency day parade was to let Mr President be a strategical bilateral gathering extracurricular the state and for members of the AFN to prolong the momentum connected the combat against terrorism, insurgency and banditry.

“Furthermore, the DHQ wishes to reassure Nigerians that the ongoing probe involving the sixteen officers is simply a regular interior process aimed astatine ensuring subject and professionalism is maintained wrong the ranks.

“An investigative sheet has been duly constituted, and its findings would beryllium made public.

“The DHQ calls connected each bid loving citizens to proceed to supply indispensable enactment to the information agents.

“The FG, the legislature and the judiciary are moving intimately for the safety, improvement and good being of the nation. Democracy is forever.

“The DHQ urges members of the nationalist to disregard the falsehood being circulated by the purveyors of misinformation and enemies of our nation.

“The Armed Forces of Nigeria remains firmly loyal to the Constitution and the Federal authorities nether the enactment of the Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu.”

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