Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.), has assured Nigerians of safety and the neutrality of the nation’s security agencies in the forthcoming 2027 general elections.
Musa, who stated this while addressing journalists shortly after a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the State House in Abuja on Thursday, also said that the President would soon inaugurate a set of new aircraft to show Nigerians that the issue of security is on the front burner.
He explained that the meeting with the President was to brief him on the security situation within the country in view of the coming elections.
Musa, who was accompanied by heads of security agencies, said that Tinubu made it very clear he wanted free, fair, and credible elections.
“We must do everything possible to ensure that the country is safe and secure for the citizens to go out and vote, and so we want to assure Nigerians that we are committed.
“We are determined to ensure that we provide safety and security for all Nigerians. Everyone should come out and vote, vote for whoever they want.
He assured voters that they will not be intimidated.
“And it’s important for all other political parties to understand that the security forces are going to be neutral.
“So they have nothing to worry about, nothing to be afraid of, and that nobody is going to intimidate them for whatever reasons. We are all professionals. We are fully committed.
‘No Underaged Soldiers’
The former military service chief also said that Nigeria does not recruit minors into the armed forces.
“It’s also important for us to mention the issue of recent; we’ve seen some people trying to make a case as if the armed forces is using underage children,” Musa said.
“The armed forces are very, very professional armed forces. There is nobody who is underage that is being brought here.
“I think the discussion that was made was that the accusation was on the terrorists using underage, where we know that we don’t have control over what they do, and that’s why it’s important for us to understand that we must not allow them to remain wherever they are.”
The presidential and National Assembly elections are scheduled to be held on January 16, while the governorship and House of Assembly elections will be conducted on February 6.
The elections will be held across the 774 local government areas in Nigeria.
Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Joash Amupitan, said the country has 103 million registered voters, with the youth making up the bulk of the figure.
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