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00:00Nigeria Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Christopher Gwabin Musa says he came to Edo
00:06State to inform the general public and troops on ground that President Bola Ametinubu do
00:12not have a preferential candidate in the Saturday Edo governorship election.
00:17The CDS stated this in a video exclusively made available by Military Press when the
00:22Army Chief visited the headquarters of the 4th Brigade, Nigerian Army, in Benin on Wednesday
00:28to assess the troops' level of preparedness in supporting the Nigerian police during this
00:33Saturday off-cycle gubernatorial election in Edo State.
00:37According to the Chief of Defence Staff, President Bola Ametinubu said whosoever the people of
00:44Edo State decided to vote for in this Saturday governorship election will become his own
00:49preferential candidate hence no soldier should be seen indulging in acts capable of undermining
00:54the electoral process.
00:56In the video, the CDS said if anyone should give any member of troops money to compromise
01:02the Edo election, the soldier should get such a person arrested.
01:08General Musa said he does not want to hear any a case of a soldier caught or seen helping
01:13or failing to arrest any act capable of undermining the electoral processes during the election.
01:19Adding that, as soldiers, their work is to provide security so that Edo people will feel
01:25happy to vote for the person of their choice and be glad that the election went peacefully,
01:31free and fair.
01:32The video that was made available on the internet with a lot of editing, indicated that the
01:38CDS told the soldiers that they should follow the commands of their commanders during the
01:43election.
01:44Accordingly, the Chief of Defence Staff orders the soldiers not to tolerate any unauthorized
01:50persons seen with any weapon even with a cutlass.
01:54The Chief of Defence Staff reiterated the police ban on Edo State Vigilante Group during
01:59the election and as such ordered the soldiers to take appropriate action against anyone
02:04not authorized to move around with arms that intend to disrupt the election.
02:09General Musa said the whole world have interest in this Saturday Edo Governorship election
02:15and the world is watching.
02:16Adding, as such, the military must not fail the people of Edo State.
02:22The Chief of Defence Staff said election is not a war affair, and the military must
02:27be above standard to protect the electoral integrity of the electioneering processes
02:32and activities.
02:34The Nigerian Defence Chief stated that the armed forces is the last hope of the nation
02:39and the soldiers must not fail themselves and the nation hence he does not want to hear
02:44any case of the armed forces being the one causing any trouble during the election.
02:50Election should not be war.
02:51We don't want anybody injured.
02:54Anybody should not be killed, the CDS stated.
03:51We will show that we are professionals, we are trained, our issues of welfare, our issues
04:16of RCA, everything will be taken care of, ours is to go and do our job.
04:22As I said, I want this election to be the best ever and we can make that possible.
04:26We have made that possible in the last three states.
04:28The elections went without any ramble.
04:30This one is no different.
04:32So I want to thank again all of us for being here and to remind you that we have a task
04:36on Saturday.
04:38Everybody in the world is watching Edo State on Saturday.
04:42So please on your own, do not allow anybody compromise you or ever listen.
04:46Anybody who come and say take money, do everything, arrest him, tell him that you are a soldier
04:51or you are a passport, you know what you are doing.
04:55At the end of it, we will all be happy that the election is free and fair and Edo State
04:59and Edo citizens are able to vote who they want and conveying a mandate from Mr. President.
05:10He does not have any fair rights.
05:12His fair rights is the person that Edo people vote for.
05:16Is that clear?
05:18Once again, I am happy to see you all.
05:20I am happy to see everybody looking confident and ready.
05:24I wish you all the best. God bless you all.