There was a gale of the sack in the nation’s security architecture, and ministries and parastatals, yesterday. There was a clean sweep as President Bola Tinubu retired all the service chiefs, advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs, and dissolved boards of Ministries, Departments and Agencies, MDAs and parastatal.
The president also replaced some top military commanders in a move that shook the security firmament of the country.
President Tinubu, who recently ordered the security chiefs to synergise and crush oil thieves and criminals, ordered the changes shortly before jetting out to France, on his first foreign trip as elected head of state.
According to a statement on behalf of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, by Mr. Willie Bassey, Director of Information, Tinubu “approved the immediate retirement of all service chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.”
Those retired, yesterday, included Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao; and Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
New service chiefs
The newly appointed service chiefs are:
lMallam Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser
lMaj. Gen. C.G Musa, Chief of Defence Staff
lMaj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff
lRear Admiral E. A Ogalla, Chief of Naval Staff
lAVM H.B Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff
lDIG Kayode Egbetokun, Acting Inspector-General of Police
lMaj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye, Chief of Defence Intelligence
lAdeniyi Bashir Adewale, Ag. Comptroller-General of Customs.
Other top appointments include:
lCol. Adebisi Onasanya, Brigade of Guards Commander
lLt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf, 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja
lLt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa, 177 Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State
