GEJ has warned President Muhammadu Buhari on his use of the military in tackling separatist agitations in the southeast, as well as extending military campaigns to the southsouth and the southwest regions.
The former commander in chief issued this warning in a statement signed by his aide, Reno Omokri, yesterday.
The statement read, “We want to advise the Buhari administration, which has announced plans to extend the military show of force to the Southsouth and the Southwest through Operation Crocodile Smile, to tread with caution.
“Nigeria is no longer under military rule. In a democracy, you separate the military from the police. The military is not meant to fight criminality within a nation because they are trained to fight a nation’s external enemies.
“It is the police that are trained to fight crime internally.
“When the military starts doing the job of the police and starts fighting or doing what they call a ‘show of force’, the effect will not be to reduce crime. The effect will be to intimidate people.”
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