The calls for the International Criminal Court to probe the Immediate past service chiefs is unpatriotic, Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, has said.
Mohammed spoke on Tuesday during a Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide.
Muhammadu Buhari announced new leadership for the country’s military last Wednesday after five years at the helm of affairs.
The Peoples Democratic Party and some other Nigerians have however called for the probe of the Olonisakin, Buratai, Ibas and Abubakar to unravel circumstances behind the security lapses during their tenure.
But Lai Mohammed in his reaction on Tuesday, said, “To the best of my knowledge, our service chiefs obey the rules of engagement and where there are infractions, there are internal regulations and internal mechanisms to address them.
“Those who are calling for the ex-service chiefs to be invited to ICC are unpatriotic people.”
He also said those calling for probe pf the former military chiefs does not have the competence to talk on military structure and formations, whether in the North-Eastern states of Borno, Yobe and Adamawa or in any other parts of the country.
“Those who talk about the structure, what do they know about the structure of the military? I don’t think any of us is competent to talk about the structure of the military,” he said.
While reminding Nigerians of what the security sitaution use to be before the coming of this administration in 2015, however, assured Nigerians that the new service chiefs have hit the ground running and would ensure Nigeria overcome the insurgency war in the North-East and in other parts of the country.
