OSUN 2014: ‘Get set for military feedback’ – Aregbesola warns against militarisation of Nigerian politics.

Osun State Governor, Mr. Rauf Aregbesola, has warned politicians against militarisation of Nigerian politics. The governor, who spoke through his Special Adviser on Environment, Mr. Bola Ilori, at a news conference in Osogbo, on Wednesday, said that deploying troops for election was a violation of the constitution and a gross abuse of office. Ilori said that it had become so ridiculous that soldiers were now being deployed in land disputes. According to him, frequent deployment of the military in purely civil matters could work against the advancement of democracy. He said, “If you use the military to hijack power, you should expect that the military would not sit back and watch you enjoy what you did not work for. They may strike and that will be too bad for our nation. “The Nigerian political class is giving ideas to the military that they can hijack power with the way some people are using them to hijack power. The political class has gone to the extent of inviting soldiers in land dispute. The Minister of State for Defence, Senator Musliu Obanikoro, recently brought soldiers into a land dispute with the Lagos State Government. While expressing the confidence that Aregbesola would win the August 9 election, he said the governor had performed very well and the people of the state were ready to re-elect him as the governor.