On Friday, June 24, 2016, the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, summoned top commanders of the service to the Army headquarters for an emergency security meeting. This, Aproko247 gathered, was due to the recent allegation that some top officers of the military was planning to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari.…
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Army Denies Planning To Overthrow Buhari
The Nigerian Army has reacted to a claim by Joint Niger Delta Liberation Force, JNDLF, that it is planning to overthrow the government of President Muhammadu Buhari. In a statement issued on Thursday by Colonel Sani Kukasheka Usman, who is the Acting Director Army Public Relations, it was stated that there is no iota of…