The Defence Headquarters has expressed its readiness to oversee a hitch free presidential inauguration on May 29.
The nation’s Military High Command, which gave the assurance on Thursday, said that there was no cause for concern over the scheduled official inauguration of the new administration of the President -elect, Senator Bola Ahmed Tinubu, sayíng the Armed Forces and other security forces are fully prepared to make the exercise a hitch-free.
Director, Defence Media Operations, Maj-General Musa Danmadami, who gave the assurance during the bi-weekly briefing of Defence Correspondents on the operational successes recorded by the Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security agencies in the past two weeks, said that Nigerians should not entertain any fear that the May 29 transition would be truncated
He added that the military has continued to collaborate with the Police and other security agencies to deal decisively with any potential threat to the peaceful inauguration as being planned by the government.
He explained that the period for elections are over and the winner had been declared hence the inauguration would hold as planned.
According to him, “Elections have come and gone. For the presidential election, a winner has been announced. There is a transition committee in place comprising all members of the security agencies, ministries and agencies of government to make sure the event is held successfully and without a glitch.
“We don’t see reasons why there should be a problem during the exercise.