Sack Service Chiefs Now, They Lack Ideas, Senators Tell Buhari

Senators have asked the President, Major General Muhammadu (retd.), to sack Nigeria’s service chiefs over the growing security problems facing the country.

This was contained in a statement detailing the resolution of the senators after the upper chamber’s plenary on Wednesday.

Earlier, the House of Representatives had asked the service chiefs to resign or be sacked by the retired general.

A copy of the statement obtained by our correspondent read, “Some Senators who took their turns to speak on the floor during the debate which lasted over three hours, called for the removal of the Service Chiefs who they faulted for running out of ideas on developing strategies needed to address Nigeria’s escalating security problems.

“Other lawmakers, however, threw their weights behind the introduction of Community and State Policing as a remedial alternative to addressing the spate of insecurity in various states of the federation.”

They also raised concerns over the urgent need to restructure, review and reorganize Nigeria’s current security architecture.

The senate also told the President to as a matter of urgency declare a National Security Emergency to address the escalating challenges of insecurity faced by the country.