Following his victory at
the polls, president-elect, General Muhammadu Buhari is set to overhaul the
security agencies in the country as reports have indicated that all the service
chiefs, the director general, State Security Services (SSS) and the national
security adviser (NSA) will be sent packing on May 29.
In a report made available by Leadership, the service chiefs are
Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Lt General
Kenneth Tobiah Jacob Minimah, the Chief of Army Staff, Vice Admiral Usman O.
Jibrin, the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) and Air Marshal Adesola Nunayon Amosu,
Chief of Air Staff, Col. Sambo Dasuki, National Security Adviser.
It was gathered that these top military chiefs were appointed by
the outgoing President Goodluck Jonathan, on 16th January, 2014, in a statement
issued and signed by his media adviser, Dr Reuben Abati.
The president announced their appointments in replacement of the
then Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Sa’ad Ibrahim; Chief of Army Staff,
Lt. Gen. Azuibuike Ihejirika; and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral
Joseph Ezeoba.
Speaking with the media outfit, an informed security observer
explained that it was the usual practice that service chiefs departed from the
scene once the tenure of their principal expired in order to allow the new
helmsman to begin on a fresh note.
“It is the norm; service
chiefs always depart from the scene with the man who hired them in order to
allow the new leader to bring in those who are loyal to him. Remember, when
former President Olusegun Obasanjo came in, he sacked those who worked for
General Abdusalami Abubakar and brought his own into the offices”.
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