Insecurity: Buhari won't sack service chiefs now - Presidency
- The presidency has dismissed claims that President Muhammadu Buhari does not have the interest of Nigerians at heart with respect to security
- A presidential media aide, Garba Shehu, said that the call for the sack of service chiefs is far from the solution to the rising level of insecurity in the country
- Shehu added that President Buhari is still retaining the service chiefs because at the moment they are useful in the fight against insecurity
Presidential spokesman Garba Shehu on Sunday, February 16, said that Nigerian service chiefs cannot be sacked because they are still useful in the fight against insurgency and insecurity.
Garba stated that by virtue of the alarming level of violent crimes, Nigeria is in a war situation, and as such, the removal of the service chiefs cannot solve the problem, The Cable reports.
He said: “Removal or sack of service chiefs does not stop all of what we are experiencing. Whether we like it or not, we are in a war situation.
"The president and the commander-in-chief are seeing things that others cannot see. This is why he deserves the benefit of the doubt."
The presidential media aide added that due to the collaboration of the presidency with the security heads, President Muhammadu Buhari is privy to intelligence information which those calling for the overhauling know nothing about.
Source: UGC
He debunks claims that President Buhari is not concerned about the protection and safety of Nigerians, insisting that the Nigerian leader has been unrelenting in his efforts to tackle the issues at hand.
Shehu said that part of the fruits of the federal government in this regard is the fact that Nigeria is expecting the commencement of the delivery of Super Tucano fighter jets from the United States in 2021 which he describes as being effective in warfare.
Meanwhile, Legit.ng reported that the presidency had said that the popularity of President Buhari had not waned in Borno state, despite the recently renewed insurgency attacks which had left many people dead in the northeastern state.
Presidential spokesman, Femi Adesina, on Sunday, February 16, said that his principal was still very popular and accepted in Borno.
According to Adesina, the residents of the state appreciate the efforts of the Buhari-led government in tackling the insurgency.
He said the "huge crowd" that received the president during his recent visit to the state is evidence of his popularity while admitting that the people who allegedly booed the president were few dissenting voices which was normal in a democracy.
Legit.ng noted that President Buhari on Wednesday, February 12, visited Maiduguri on a sympathy visit following a deadly Boko Haram attack that left many dead.
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