WHY SOLDIERS INVADED JONATHAN COUSIN'S FIRM-ARMY SPEAKS OUT

The Nigerian military’s spokesman Colonel Sani Usman has clarified why the soldiers of Army Headquarters Garrison, Mogadishu Cantonment, Abuja, invaded the premises of a company belonging to Robert Azibaola.

Usman was speaking with Punch reporters that the land in question belonged to the Army.

He said the military decided to take over the belongings because the service did not want any further invasion on the property.


Army’s spokesman underlined that the Nigerian military would not tolerate any raid on its land.

He said: “The said property is on Nigerian army’s land and the army will not allow anybody to encroach on its land.

“Consequently, the property has to be sealed to prevent further encroachment.”

However, a Lagos-based lawyer, Femi Falana (SAN), on September 4, Sunday, asked President Muhammadu Buhari to warn the Nigerian army against supposed arbitrary use of its powers and brute force on innocent citizens.

The lawyer made this call in a comment following invasion of the premises of Kakarta Civil Engineering Limited on Saturday.


Falana accused the army of taking possession of the property, owned by Azibaola, without a court order.

The company shares a boundary with the Luigi Barracks of the Nigerian army.