Few soldiers’ misconduct giving military bad image says DHQ

The Defence Headquarters on Saturday expressed concern over the spate at which misconducts of some soldiers in recent times were giving the public wrong perception about the Nigerian military.

The DHQ also appealed to the public not to use the action of a few soldiers to generalise and paint the Nigerian military in a bad light. It described such as products of frustrations and personal challenges.

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The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, who was represented by the Chief of Defence Civil/Military Corporation, Rear Admiral Obed Ngalabak, stated this when he led some top officers of the various arms of the Nigerian military on a visit to a business mogul and founder of Ned Nwoko Foundation, Prince Ned Nwoko, in Abuja.

To correct the negative perception about the military, the DHQ has entered into a collaboration with the NNF to create awareness to civil populace.

While thanking Nwoko for his determination to end malaria in Nigeria and Africa in general, he appealed to the philanthropist to take the battle against malaria in another form.

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Responding, Nwoko said, “When I was in the House of Representatives, I was a member of the Committee on Defence and so we worked very closely with them. We did a lot with them and it is only a foolish person that doesn’t understand the importance of the work the military is doing.

“I particularly feel happy that there is a new department created to deal with civilians\military relationship, to make them understand that you are a part and parcel of all of us. It is like the police and community policing. I will play my role not just now but it will be a continuous role.

“The fight against malaria means a lot to me. We are looking at eradicating malaria in Africa starting with Nigeria. There are 54 countries in Africa, six of them are already malaria-free and we are trying to do what they did. The first step is that we will fumigate Nigeria. It involves everyone because every home, every environment has to be fumigated.” Punch