Insecurity: Nigerian President Sacks Service Chiefs

In what many Nigerians consider long overdue given their years of service and escalating insecurity in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari of Nigeria has sacked the country’s services chiefs.
The president, in a message through his spokesperson, Femi Adesina, immediately announced their replacements.
The service chiefs, it was gathered, were asked to resign their positions after mountain pressure from Nigerians for them to be replaced given their non-performance.
Adesina, in the statement in Abuja on Tuesday, said the president had accepted the immediate resignation of the service chiefs, and their retirement from service.
Those that retired are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.
President Buhari thanked the outgoing service chiefs for what he called their “overwhelming achievements in efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country,” wishing them well in their future endeavours.
The new service chiefs are Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff.
The president congratulated the new service chiefs and urged them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities.