President Muhammadu Buhari has, a moment ago, sacked all the country’s service chiefs with immediate effect, appointing new ones to inject fresh blood into the system.
His Special Adviser on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, revealed this via a tweet on Tuesday, 26.
In the tweet, Adesina said, “PMB appoints new Service Chiefs,” revealing that Maj Gen LEO Irabor, now becomes the new CDS (Chief of Defence Staff); Maj Gen I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Adm. AZ Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and AVM IO Alao, Chief of Air Staff.
According to him, “President Buhari congratulates the outgoing Service Chiefs on efforts to bring enduring peace to the country,” noting that the move by the President comes after several demands by Nigerians that the President replaces the service chiefs and rejig Nigeria’s military apparatus to effectively combat the vagaries of security challenges confronting the nation in recent times.”
The outgoing service chiefs still remain: General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin (Chief of Defence Staff); Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai (Chief of Army Staff); Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas (Chief of Naval Staff); and Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff)./SHARE THIS
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