The Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has assured that the Ministry of Defence and indeed the Military high command will protect every officer on “lawful duty”.
Badaru stated that the Armed Forces will not punish the Navy Lt AM Yerima or any officer on lawful duty
The Minister gave the assurance while fielding questions from journalists during a ministerial press conference on the Armed Force Remembrance Celebration and Remembrance Day, 2026, at the National Defence College , Abuja, on Wednesday.
The question came against the backdrop of Tuesday altercation between the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyeson Wike, and a Navy Lieutenant AM Yerima, over development of a land in Abuja, which belong to a former Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Zubairu Gambo.
Badaru said: “ Well, at the Ministry, and indeed the Armed Forces, we will always protect our officers on lawful duty.
“So we are looking into this issue, and we. assure that any officer on lawful duty will be protected highly, so we will not allow anything to happen to him so far he is doing his job, and he’s doing his job greatly well.”