Nigerian Military Defuse Rumors of Overthrowing Government

The country’s military authorities declared that the armed forces remained loyal to the constitution and President Muhammadu Buhari and had no plans to overthrow his administration. <br />The military says it did not require that caution because the loyalty of the officers and men to the constitution and the president was never in doubt. <br />The killing of the Commander, 28 Task Force Brigade, Chibok, Brigadier-General Dzarma Zirkushi, and three soldiers in an ambush in Uba-Askira, Borno State, weekend, also triggered an aggressive response by the military, as troops battled and battered the terrorists, killing 37 of them.