26th January, 2021
sawabiyaNews
LILIAN MADAKI
President Muhammadu Buhari has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service.
In a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in Abuja Tuesday, the Presidency said, “Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar”
According to the statement “President Buhari thanks the outgoing Chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country,” wishing them well in their future endeavours.
Meanwhile, new service chiefs were also named àccordingly as, “The new Service Chiefs are Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A. Z. Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff.
“The President also congratulates them new Service Chiefs, and urges them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities.”
Recalled, an interfaith group under the aegis of National Coalition of Interfaith Group of Nigeria (NCIGN), has sometimes in December, 2020 decried the silence of President Muhammadu Buhari to rejig the nation’s security architecture over the growing insecurity in the country.
The group through its National National Coordinator, Sheikh Mohammed Ibrahim and Co-Coordinator, Bishop John Adebayo, reeled out six prayer points for Nigerians of all faith to take before God in prayers for intervention in the security problems.
Among those prayer points the group pointed out for Nigerians were “the health and wellbeing of President Muhammadu Buhari; prayer for the president to immediately restructure the security architecture of the country; prayer for peace and security of the country.
Others are for for Nigeria to come out of recession, prayer for the protection of our frontline troops and the safe return of all the adopted children in GSS Kankara, Katsina State.
On the other hand, pan-Yoruba socio-political organisation (Afenifere) has said “President Muhammadu Buhari had done nothing special”
According to Afenifere’s National Publicity Secretary, Yinka Odumakin: “He (Buhari) has not done a special favour to make us jump in joy.
The nepotic way he has handled the security sector has created damage that will take a lot time to repair if we shall ever be able.”
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