No Army Officer Will Be Forced To Retire – Defence HQ

Posted by: Folamidavid in News, Politics Jun 3, 2021

Nigerian Army

Acting Director, Defence Media Operations, Brigadier General Bernard Onyeuko has come out to say that there will be no mass retirement in the army.

This was recently revealed at an operations briefing in Abuja, and Nigerians have been reacting.

According to him, retirement is only on voluntary basis for senior officers who desire to do so, so there will be no use of force.

He added that as at now, no retirements has been authorized by the Military High Command.

His words, “You are all aware of the appointment of the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya. This has stirred up lot of rumours in the media about mass retirements in the military. I wish to use this medium to dispel such unfounded rumours. Retirement is only on voluntary basis for senior officers who desire to do so. At this point, no retirements has been authorized by the Military High Command.”

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