Service chiefs: Buhari made informed decision, says ex-Borno gov, Shettima
Kayode Idowu, Maiduguri
Former Governor of Borno State, Kashim Shettima, has said the choice of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), of the new service chiefs was well-informed.
Shettima, who was at the centre of call for the removal of the former service chiefs, said his agitation was never personal.
Briefing journalists in Maiduguri, Shettima, who is now a Senator representing Borno Central, said Buhari made well-informed choices in his appointments of new service chiefs.
He said, “The President made a well-informed decision. I have interacted with some of them and I can attest to their character and professionalism. General LEO Irabor (the chief of defence staff), is one of the finest officers the Nigerian Army has produced in recent times. Rear Admiral Zubairu Gambo who is the Chief of Naval Staff had served here in Borno and so has General Ibrahim Attahiru (the new chief of army s
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There were indications on Thursday that the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), and the National Assembly were on a collision course over the confirmation of the appointment of the new service chiefs.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu, in an interview with
The PUNCH in Abuja, said the President must send names of the new service chiefs to the National Assembly for confirmation.
Kalu said the new service chiefs would be on acting capacities until their confirmation by the National Assembly.
Recall that
The PUNCH had on Thursday reported that the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor; the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao, violated a 2013 judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
Ex-Borno governor defends motion for sack of former service chiefs
January 29, 2021
A former Borno State governor, Kashim Shettima, has defended his motion last year at the Senate for the removal of the former service chiefs.
He also commended President Muhammadu Buhari for finally yielding to the call and replacing them.
Mr Shettima, now senator for Borno Central district, had moved the Senate motion calling for the sack of the former service chiefs.
The motion followed the massacre of about 70 rice farmers in Zabarmari area of Jere Local Government Area of Borno.
Speaking with journalists on Thursday night in Maiduguri, Mr Shettima said he joined other Nigerians to call for the replacement of the military chiefs despite some of them being his kinsmen and friends.
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It was amidst my local celebration of the change of guard that happened in my football club in England- Chelsea FC of London, that the news hit the airwaves of the resignation of Nigeria’s four top military Chiefs who were appointed by President Muhammadu Buhari on May or June 2015 at inception.
The President’s media Advisor Mr. Femi Adesina had on January 26th 2021, barely 48 hours after Frank Lampard, a legend of football was kicked out as the Chief Coach of Chelsea FC to make way for the Germany born tactician Thomas Tuchel, announced that all the service Chiefs have voluntarily accepted to resign to make way for new service Chiefs.