Just IN: Nnamdi Kanu Send Strong Message To FG Over Kaduna Killings, Says It’s Time To Change The Service Chiefs

In my opinion, “all the service chiefs to be sacked includes, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff (CNS) Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas and Chief of Air Staff (CAS) Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, they have failed Nigerians.

Buhari’s first appointed them in July 2015 for a period of two years. Their tenures were extended for an additional two years in 2017, which expired in July 2019. They have however remained in office since then and it is not clear as at now whether they are serving another tenure.

At least in their first few years in office, the current service chiefs did very well in the fight against Boko Haram terrorists. Despite many hiccups and setbacks, the army under Buratai unrolled one strategy and one special operation after another which in time reduced Boko Haram to a shadow of its former self. Yet, he never succeeded in crushing the insurgents completely and ending the war.

The Air Force under Air Marshal Abubakar, too, greatly upped its game and became a very important force in the fight. In the last six months, however, we witnessed a reversal of fortunes and an upsurge in Boko Haram violence, leading to the attacks on the all-important Maiduguri to Damaturu highway.