Chief of Army Staff, Major General Tukur Buratai
The Nigerian Army has set up a
high-powered board of inquiry to probe alleged malpractices by its
personnel in the governorship elections in Ekiti and Osun states in
2014.
The Acting Director, Army Public
Relations, Col. Sani Usman, said in an electronic mail on Monday that
the panel was also mandated to probe allegations of misconduct against
Army personnel in some states during the 2015 general elections.
He said that the board was also given
the mandate to review the roles played by the formations and units of
the Army in the last general elections and other operations in the
country.
Usman
added that the Army authorities decided to set up the panel as part of
efforts to prevent instances of unprofessional conduct by its personnel
in the future.
He said, “The Nigerian Army has set up a
high-powered board of inquiry to investigate, among other things,
alleged malpractices and involvement of its personnel in Ekiti and Osun
states’ governorship elections in 2014.
“The BOI is to investigate the alleged
unprofessional and unethical conduct of some Nigerian Army personnel in
Ekiti and Osun states’ governorship elections 2014, as well as in any
other state in Nigeria where other allegations of misconduct were made
during the 2015 general elections.
“As part of its terms of reference, the
BOI is to also review the involvement of the Nigerian Army
formations/units and its personnel in elections and other duties in aid
to civil authority.
“The essence of the board is to prevent
future unprofessional conduct by officers and men in the performance of
their constitutional roles while strengthening Nigerian Army’s support
to democratic values and structures in Nigeria.”
Meanwhile, the Army has called on the
international community to prevail on the members of the Boko Haram sect
to renounce their membership of the terror group and desist from acts
of terrorism.
Usman, who made the call in another statement, warned the terrorists to surrender in order to avoid serious military action.
He warned that the Army was aware of all their hideouts and had closed in on them.
The Acting Army spokesman also urged the
insurgents to release the Chibok girls and other captives in their
custody unconditionally.
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