Tinubu’s inauguration: Sustain your vigilance, Group tells DSS, Military, others

Ahead of the May 29 inauguration of the President-elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, a pro-Nigerian group, The Natives has urged relevant security agencies to remain vigilant.

The group which acknowledged the role played by the Department of State Security Service (DSS) and the military in alerting the nation of a grand plot to rubbish the result of last February presidential election and foist an Interim National Government, noted that masterminds of the ING have not given up on their plot.

Addressing journalists in Abuja, Leader of the Natives, Honourable Smart Edwards, said concerted efforts be sustained to consolidate the country’s 24 years of uninterrupted democracy.

He said:” We, the Natives, are also using this medium to urge the Nigerian security apparatus to step up their games against the saboteurs as the Nation prepares towards the historic inauguration of the 16th President of Nigeria, another popularly elected President, Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu.

“We must at this juncture openly commend profusely the swift response of the DSS under their Director General, the Defense Headquarters, and the entire intelligence community for their professionalism and commitment to their democratic obligation by alerting, and distancing the establishment from any complicity and readiness to frustrate any mischievous effort to truncate our much-cherished democracy.

“You may wish to know that pathetic political jobbers parading the nation appealing for Interim national government because of their conspiracy theories and illusions on the outcome of the just concluded elections have attracted shame for themselves and their co-travellers by the dignity of our gate-keepers, a worthy armed forces.

“These saboteurs by their open and sinister moves have been bungled and busted by the vigilance and verity of the Department of State Security.

“So for taking a professional stand and democratic position in the face of intending political catastrophe, protecting our constitution, and non-interference in the statutory roles of the electoral body, our military and intelligence community deserves global applause.

“Towards this end, the Natives of Nigeria encourage the military and the intelligence community to remain ever-committed to civilian rule and sustain their character as professionals and defenders of our sovereignty.

“We acknowledge your quest for more sophistication, better welfare, training, citizen support, and reinvigoration of our military architecture to serve the nation better and thereby sustain our formidable military might in the Region while achieving national unity and cohesion.

“The renewed hope mandate certainly assures us of determination to invest in our security as a critical sector and this will no doubt revamp the glory of our gallant forces with renewed successes as giants of Africa and defenders of democracy.”

 

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