{"id":82670,"date":"2026-02-11T16:40:56","date_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:40:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/?p=82670"},"modified":"2026-02-11T16:40:56","modified_gmt":"2026-02-11T16:40:56","slug":"air-chief-condemns-coup-plot-reaffirms-loyalty-to-democracy","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/2026\/02\/11\/air-chief-condemns-coup-plot-reaffirms-loyalty-to-democracy\/","title":{"rendered":"Air Chief Condemns Coup Plot, Reaffirms Loyalty to Democracy"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><strong>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has condemned alleged plans by some individuals to violently overthrow Nigeria\u2019s democratic government, warning that anyone involved would face the full weight of the law.<\/p>\n<p>Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a meeting with Branch Chiefs, Air Force Commanding Officers and Unit Commanders to mark his first 100 days in office, Aneke described the reported plot as \u201cshameful, shocking and wholly reprehensible.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>He reaffirmed the Nigerian Air Force\u2019s loyalty to the Constitution and the democratically elected government.<\/p>\n<p>He urged commanders to maintain unity, cohesion and discipline within the ranks and to check all forms of indiscipline and unlawful activity.<\/p>\n<p>Aneke also linked Nigeria\u2019s security challenges to rising instability in the Sahel, noting that coups in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger had weakened regional cooperation and created openings for jihadist groups.<\/p>\n<p>He acknowledged modest improvements in security but said major threats remained, including insurgency in the North-East, banditry and kidnapping in the North-West and North-Central, and farmer-herder conflicts.<\/p>\n<p>He also expressed concern over the reported expansion of Islamic State\u2019s West Africa Province into Kwara State.<\/p>\n<p>The Air Chief urged personnel to remain professional and politically neutral as the country approaches another election cycle, stressing that the Air Force must support civil authorities without partisanship.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Onyeanya Ebere Immaculata The Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Sunday Aneke, has condemned alleged plans by some individuals to violently overthrow Nigeria\u2019s democratic government, warning that anyone involved would face the full weight of the law. Speaking in Abuja on Wednesday during a meeting with Branch Chiefs, Air Force Commanding Officers [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":32,"featured_media":82671,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[182,172],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-82670","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-defence-and-security","category-news"],"aioseo_notices":[],"amp_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82670","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/32"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=82670"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82670\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":82672,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/82670\/revisions\/82672"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/82671"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=82670"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=82670"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/abujacityjournal.com\/livenews\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=82670"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}