President Muhammadu Buhari has today sacked Nigeria’s
Service Chiefs. The affected officers are Alex Badeh, Chief of Defence Staff;
Usman Jibrin, Chief of Naval Staff, Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Army Staff and
Adesola Amosu, Chief of Air Staff.
The relieved service chiefs were appointed by former
President Goodluck Jonathan on January 16, 2014. Badeh took over from Ola Sa’ad
Ibrahim; Minimah replaced Azubike Ihejirika; Jibrin succeeded Joseph Ezeoba and
Amosu became chief of Air Staff following the elevation of Badeh. Since he
assumed office on May 29, Buhari has met with the dismissed military chiefs on
three occasions.
Experts say the Service Chiefs expected that they would be
fired any day, as such, they were hardly settled for the complex war against
Boko Haram.
Sacked Service Chiefs: Badeh, Minimah, Jibrin, Amosu
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