I’m always worried when people criticize the Nigerian military – Jonathan

President Jonathan on Saturday said he was always worried whenever he heard “unexpected public utterances” being uttered against the Nigerian military. 

According to President Jonathan, Nigerians must learn to respect members of the nation’s security forces because while they were asleep in their houses, the security men were on the streets making sacrifices. 

Jonathan stated this during a presidential dinner he organised in honour of widows of the nation’s fallen heroes at the Presidential Villa, Abuja. 

He said he decided to host the widows, the first in the nation’s history, because his government appreciated their husbands who paid the supreme prices while securing the nation. 

He said, “Most of you (the widows) would have been surprised that why should the President call us here. It has not happened before. This is the first time that the President would be interacting with the wives of the fallen heroes.

We appreciate the services of your husbands, your fathers, within the armed forces and other security agencies because we sleep while they are in fears and while protecting the nation some of them paid the supreme sacrifice. 

That is why I personally get worried when some public utterances that are not expected are made of them. 

All nations respect their military and their intelligent services because without these people, we wouldn’t have been here. Without these people, there wouldn’t have been any Nigeria. 

“What keeps us together as a nation is the activities of these people. I use this opportunity to call on all of us Nigerians to continue to show gratitude and appreciation to our security services.”