The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla has declared that the Nigerian Navy would resist any foreign intervention and defend the nation with utmost dedication, even at the cost of their lives.
Thank you for reading this post, don't forget to subscribe!He identified that while some protesters initially voiced concerns about bad governance and poverty, others have changed their demands and called for a change of government.
He stated that these calls reveal the influence of subversive elements intent on destabilizing the peace enjoyed during 25 years of democratic governance.
He issued a strong warning that the Nigerian Navy would not tolerate any attempts by subversive elements to seize control of the nation’s resources.
He said in an interview with Channels TV, ”The protest has taken a negative dimension to the extent that it has become something that appears to be subversive in nature.
Because when you are protesting for bad governance or you are protesting for poverty but then you see people deliberately calling for change of government. And some people are also asking for foreign intervention in our country.
It shows that the intention of some of the protesters are sponsored by subversive elements who are bent on distorting the peace that we have enjoyed in the last 25 years of democratic governance.
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It is also obvious to us that these people who want to perpetrate this ideology have other intentions other than the intentions which they have made the gullible Nigerians to believe.
And for that reason, we are tasked with the responsibility of the protection of the sovereignty of this country. We will provide the needed assistance to the Nigerian police in order to ensure that law and order is restored in all parts of the country.
We will resist foreign intervention and we are ready to do it with the last drop of our blood. The Nigeria Navy will not sit back to watch these subversive elements take over our Commonwealth
