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1. President Muhammadu Buhari, Tuesday, finally sacked the service chiefs with immediate effect.
Buhari has appointed new Service Chiefs: 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.
2. The Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, has reacted to the resignation of Service Chiefs, stressing that the senior security officers listened to the party’s voice.
PDP’s National Publicity Secretary, Kola Ologbondiyan said the Service Chiefs outlived their usefulness, hence their exit.
3. The All Progressives Congress (APC) says the former Nigeria Service Chiefs had remarkable achievements while in office.
Elders in the Northern part of the country on Wednesday said it was not enough for President Muhammadu Buhari to change the nation’s service chiefs, but that he must exercise the kind of leadership expected of the nation’s Commander-in-Chief.
This, they said is capable of taking the nation out of the current security challenges.
The elders, under the aegis of the Northern Elders Forum (NEF), also insisted that the appointment of new service chiefs is not enough to bring the needed change Nigerians expect to see in the country’s war against insurgency and sundry security challenges.
The NEF Spokesman, Dr Hakeem Baba-Ahmed stated this on Wednesday while appearing on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily programme.
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Buhari (middle) flanked by the newly appointed service chiefs in Aso Villa on Wednesday. Photo: @NigeriaGov/Twitter
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The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), on Wednesday, met with the newly appointed service chiefs in Aso Villa, Abuja.
The PUNCH had reported that the President appointed four new service chiefs on Tuesday after much pressure from Nigerians that he bring in fresh hands to pilot the country’s anti-terrorism war especially against Boko Haram in the North-East.
The new service chiefs are Major-General Leo Irabor as Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru as Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo as Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao as Chief of Air Staff.
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CSOs charge new Service Chiefs to shun politics, nepotism
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By Gabriel Ewepu – Abuja
Civil Society Organisations, Wednesday, charged newly appointed Service Chiefs to shun politics and nepotism, but demonstrate professionalism and patriotism in the fight against insecurity.
They stated this while speaking with Vanguard on expectations from the new Service Chiefs following escalated security challenges across the country.
The Founder, One Love Foundation, Chief Patrick Eholor, expressed optimism that the new Service Chiefs are personalities that can change the narrative based on their track record.
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Eholor said: “Furthermore, I think the new Service Chiefs which include 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, are experienced enough judging by their profile.