Buhari, Choose Wisely
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Sun Feb 07 2021
I was going to congratulate President Muhammadu Buhari for finally getting rid of his security chiefs. Together with them, he had authored Nigeria’s most insecure chapter since the civil war.
The Boko Haram insurgency grew worse. Kidnapping became an industry. Armed robbery returned. Cattle herdsmen began to carry AK-47s to overrun farms and communities.
So bad did things grow that at different times, Mr. Buhari and Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo ordered the security chiefs to relocate to the troubled northeast and prosecute their assignments from there. Curiously, the chiefs ignored the chiefs of state, without repercussion.