NIGERIAN ARMY DISTANCES SELF FROM KOGI STATE INTERNAL SQUABBLE

The Nigerian Army has received a report of the purported or planned use of soldiers to remove and eject the Kogi State Chief Judge from his official residence.

A statement issued today (2/4/2019) by Acting Director Army Public Relations, Colonel Sagir Musa says the NA under the leadership of Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai will not contemplate interfering under any guise in the internal Executive - Judiciary Conflict in Kogi State or any other State for that matter.


Musa confirmed that the Army Headquarters has already directed and warned the Commander in the State to stay clear of this conflict (not to interfere under any guise).

"As a professional and law abiding organisation, the NA hereby strongly distances itself from Kogi State conflict between the State Executive and the Judiciary." The Colonel Musa said.

Frosty relationship between the executive and the judiciary in Kogi State has culminated into the plot to remove Chief Justice Nasir Ajanah from office and there was a purported plan to use the Nigerian Army to force the state CJ out of office.