LINUS CHIBUIKE
A coalition of 102 civil society organisations, on Sunday, called on President Muhammadu Buhari to immediately sack Service Chiefs and restructure the entire security architecture of the country for efficiency.
The coalition made the call following the rescue of an abducted American, Philip Nathan Watson, by the United States Navy SEAL Team, noting that this showed that the Service Chiefs had outlived their purpose in the nation’s security architecture.
In a statement by the National Coordinator of the Civil Society for Peace and Good Governance (COSOGOG), Ibrahim Gadzama; and National Secretary, Gboyega Fayemi, the coalition said the service chiefs must be replaced with committed younger generals “before it is too late.”
“We call for immediate action against those entrusted with the security of our nation. All the service chiefs must be sacked and replaced with committed younger generals before it is too late,” the Coalition said.
“We know that in a matter of days, we may begin to get some cosmetic responses from our security forces justifying the raid or giving excuses for their failure, but the obvious fact is that this raid by America Navy Seal has further confirmed our position that our security chiefs are not on top of their game and need to go home,” it added.
