Obasanjo an embarrassment to the Military — Defence Headquarters

The Defence Headquarters has described former President Olusegun Obasanjo as an embarrassment to the military.

The DHQ made the comment in a statement posted on its Facebook page while reacting to a statement credited to the former President that the general elections were postponed to enable the President use the service chiefs for tenure extension in an electronic mail on Monday.

The DHQ accused the former President of politicizing serious national security and military issues.

It was said that, while Obasanjo’s intentions remained unclear, his motives for making such utterances were less than noble.

The statement stressed that Obasanjo’s claims were false.

It was also said that it was rather surprising that Obasanjo opted to ignore the assurances by the Defence authorities in a statement that the military would continue to be apolitical.

The military said while it had the desire to accord some respect to Obasanjo and his views, the statement credited to him did not reflect the standard of discipline expected from a former General of his status.

The Defence authorities said the world had moved beyond the mentality of Obasanjo insisting that the military personnel of today were better equipped in the area of training, education, exposure to have a better appreciation of democracy and its importance to national prosperity.

The statement urged Mr. Obasanjo to encourage the military rather than accuse it of ulterior motives, all for the purpose of discrediting decisions related to the military’s roles in the polity…