{"id":160504,"date":"2025-04-27T12:01:43","date_gmt":"2025-04-27T11:01:43","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/soldiers-should-arrest-civilians-wearing-military-uniform-not-assault-them-nigerian-army-official"},"modified":"2025-04-28T18:58:57","modified_gmt":"2025-04-28T17:58:57","slug":"soldiers-should-arrest-civilians-wearing-military-uniform-not-assault-them-nigerian-army-official","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/all-news\/soldiers-should-arrest-civilians-wearing-military-uniform-not-assault-them-nigerian-army-official","title":{"rendered":"Soldiers should arrest civilians wearing military uniform, not assault them \u2013 Nigerian Army official"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><span style=\"color: #ff6600\"><strong>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (Army), Major Gen. Gold Chibuisi, has told Nigerian soldiers what to do to civilians dressed in military uniform.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking during a chat with journalists on Saturday night in Abuja, Chibuisi also said that it is against Nigerian law for non-military personnel to wear military uniforms.<\/p>\n<p>According to him, soldiers must act professionally and lawfully when handling such cases.<\/p>\n<p>He, however, revealed that many soldiers had been sanctioned for assaulting Nigerians who wore military camouflage.<\/p>\n<p>Chibuisi said: \u201cI\u2019m surprised that in most briefs we give in our programmes, we always talk about this uniform issue because it keeps recurring.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIt\u2019s against the law of the land. If you are not in the Armed Forces, please don\u2019t use our uniform, whether you love it or not.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cBut that is one part of it. Let people stop it. The other part is what we do, what our troops do when they see somebody dressed in a military uniform.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cYou are supposed to just get the person to remove it, arrest the person and hand him over to the police, basically for prosecution.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAll these other things that come with it are not right. And we are doing sensitisation on them.<\/p>\n<p>\u201dThose that we find and there is evidence that they did that, we always sanction them sternly. And we will continue to do that.\u201d<\/p>\n<p><strong>For More News And Analysis About <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Nigeria<\/span> Follow <span style=\"color: #ff6600\">Africa-Press<\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Africa-Press &#8211; Nigeria. The Chief of Civil-Military Affairs (Army), Major Gen. Gold Chibuisi, has told Nigerian soldiers what to do to civilians dressed in military uniform. Speaking during a chat with journalists on Saturday night in Abuja, Chibuisi also said that it is against Nigerian law for non-military personnel to wear military uniforms. 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