Buhari Sees What Nigerians Don’t See About Service Chiefs — Garba Shehu

With the rise in the number of deaths, kidnapping, banditry,
rape and other insecurity issues bedeviling the country, and of
course the call for the sack of service chiefs, Garba Shehu, Senior
Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu
Buhari, has said that Buhari sees what critics and every other
person do not see on the service chiefs.

Disclosing this when he appeared on TVC on Sunday Shehu said:
“It is because he is seeing things that critics are not seeing. He
is seeing things most people don’t see,” he said in response to why
the security heads are still in office.

“It is not a tenured appointment. There is no part of the law
that says chief of army staff must serve for two years. Then, after
two years, he must go.

“He serves at the pleasure of the president. Now, the president
has said again he will make changes. When will he make those
changes? It is entirely up to him. I think Nigerians should give
him the benefit of the doubt.

“This country has always been challenged by issues of
insecurity. No country is crime-free,” he said, adding: “The
challenges are mutating … but all hands are now on deck.

“From the resolutions we are seeing particularly from the
president, 2021 is going to be very decisive in dealing with Boko
Haram, banditry, and kidnapping.”

With the rise in the number of deaths, kidnapping, banditry,
rape and other insecurity issues bedeviling the country, and of
course the call for the sack of service chiefs, Garba Shehu, Senior
Special Assistant, Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu
Buhari, has said that Buhari sees what critics and every other
person do not see on the service chiefs.

Disclosing this when he appeared on TVC on Sunday Shehu said:
“It is because he is seeing things that critics are not seeing. He
is seeing things most people don’t see,” he said in response to why
the security heads are still in office.

“It is not a tenured appointment. There is no part of the law
that says chief of army staff must serve for two years. Then, after
two years, he must go.

“He serves at the pleasure of the president. Now, the president
has said again he will make changes. When will he make those
changes? It is entirely up to him. I think Nigerians should give
him the benefit of the doubt.

“This country has always been challenged by issues of
insecurity. No country is crime-free,” he said, adding: “The
challenges are mutating … but all hands are now on deck.

“From the resolutions we are seeing particularly from the
president, 2021 is going to be very decisive in dealing with Boko
Haram, banditry, and kidnapping.”