No threat of coups in Nigeria - Irabor

• Published date: 15 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The Armed Forces has assured there is no need for apprehension about the nation's democracy, saying it has come to stay.

Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor, who gave the assurance when asked if Nigerians could be assured that Nigeria would never see military rule again, also assured that the military would be on hand to assist the police, if such need arises during the forthcoming general elections.

Irabor spoke to journalists at the National Arcade, Abuja at the end of this year's Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration attended by President Muhammadu Buhari and other senior government officials.

Irabor said; 'Well, I mean, democracy has come to stay; government of the people, by the people and for the people, in Nigeria has come to stay. That is an assurance and then of course for the...