tenure of the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Abayomi Olonisakin and the service chiefs: the Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen Tukur Buratai, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas.
The development came contrary to the expectations that the president would appoint new officers to take over from them since their constitutionally recognised tenure had expired and also use the new appointments to redraw the security architecture of the country said to have suffered lopsided geo-ethnic interests. The president’s letter to this effect was released in a statement, yesterday evening, through the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali.
The statement by the Public Relations Officer, Col. Tukur Gusau, on behalf of the Minister in Abuja, yesterday said the president’s review of the ongoing military operations in the northeast and the Niger Delta region and the efforts put in place by the Chief of Defence Staff and other Service Chiefs made him approve the extension.
Source Guardian Newspaper.
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