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Tue Feb 02 2021
The immediate past Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar (Rtrd), has been flown out of the Nigerian Air Force days after he handed over to his successor at an occasion in Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari had, last week, appointed new service chiefs: 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.
Lai Mohammed, Minister of Information and Culture, has berated Nigerians calling for the International Criminal Court (ICC) to probe the immediate-past service chiefs, describing them as unpatriotic.
Mohammed made this known while speaking on Tuesday during a
Radio Nigeria programme,
TheBreakingTimes.
This medium had reported that President Muhammadu Buhari, appointed four new service chiefs last week after much clamour from Nigerians that he bring in fresh hands to pilot the country’s anti-terrorism war.
The new service chiefs are Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru (Chief of Army Staff); Major-General Leo Irabor (Chief of Defence Staff); Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo (Chief of Naval Staff); and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao (Chief of Air Staff).
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The Presidency says the appointment of service chiefs is not by ethnicity but by their ability to secure lives and property in the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, who stated this on Monday, was reacting to calls by interest groups in the country for an Inspector General of Police of South-Eastern extraction.
The calls heighten as the present IGP, Abubakar Adamu, is expected to leave the office on Monday, having reached the mandatory retirement age.
There were also similar demands last week when President Muhammadu Buhari appointed four new service chiefs – Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff (Delta State); Major-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff (Kaduna State); Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff (Kano State); and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff (Osun State).
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The Nigerian military and regional allies recorded successes against Boko Haram in the last one week.
In a renewed assault, Multinational Joint Task Force (MNJTF) countries – Nigeria, Chad and Cameroon – have increased firepower against the sect.
The operation, codenamed Tura Takai Bango, is the first offensive in 2021 under the Counter Insurgency (COIN) Operation Lafiya Dole.
Terrorist enclaves in Bula Kurege, Darussalam, Gwoza, Izza, Pulka, Mafa, Maiyanki, among others have been attacked.
The raids led to the elimination of scores of Boko Haram fighters and key commanders including Ali Bor and Maleum Modu.
“Many were also killed through airstrikes. The collaborative operation is continuing”, a source told DAILY POST.