OPINION: Service chiefs: What’s on Buhari’s mind?
The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , held a meeting with his service chiefs not long ago. Nigerians learnt thereafter that the men were retaining their posts. The Presidency has since accused a group of planning to organise a protest. It was against the service chiefs whom they felt the President should have sacked over the war against insurgency in the North-East.
I return to the matter of the service chiefs. We’re all aware of the situation in the North-East as well as the state of insecurity across the nation. Some have called for the removal of the current service chiefs. It isn’t an option I attach importance to myself. But I listened to what Nigerians had to say. Their argument is founded on the natural human inclination to remove one person and try another. With this as the main argument, I’m not persuaded. I have my reasons.
Moreover, Nigerians have heard the President say he abhors corruption. I assume Buhari didn’t sniff it that any of his service chiefs pocketed the dollars meant for the procurement of arms to fight insurgents, as some past service chiefs did. If he had, I imagine that would have been enough reason for him to send them packing.
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