Bayelsa State Deputy Governor, Rear Admiral John Jonah (retd) has recanted a statement attributed to him on the roles the Army played during the general elections.
Jonah was quoted at the weekend during the inauguration of projects at the barracks of the 16th Brigade as absolving the army of wrongdoing insisting the soldiers’ conduct during the elections were in line with the directives of the Chief of Army Staff.
But the Jonah’s Senior Special Assistant on Media, Ebi Evinson, in a statement, said his boss was quoted out of context.
The statement said it was totally incorrect and out of context to say Jonah absolved the military of any blame.
The statement said: “Following the Army’s correct admission that its role during elections, is only in support of other security agencies, the Deputy Governor said that it is what his enquiries revealed.
“The Army should therefore conduct itself accordingly to be shielded from blames during elections as it has always been a stabilizing factor in the polity.
“The position of the deputy governor is that some over-zealous officers of the Army over-stepped their bounds while discharging their functions during the elections, contrary to the roles in support of civil authority.
“Given Rear Admiral Gboribiogha John Jonah’s robust pedigree as a top Naval officer before retirement, he is quite abreast with the constitutional roles of the military which guides his public utterances”.
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