The Presidency says it is “out of place” to demand for the sack of service chiefs as it is not the solution to the security challenges in the country.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, made this known in an interview on Arise TV monitored by KAFTANPost.
“The clamour for the sack is out of place considering that the president is not subject to the opinion of opposition political party which has clamoured for this all the time,” he said on Tuesday.
“It is entirely his (Buhari) determination; he decides who he keeps as his service chiefs and for how long.”
President Muhammadu Buhari has come under renewed pressure to reorganise the security architecture in the country after Boko Haram killed about 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari, in Jere Local Government of Borno State over the weekend.
The victims were buried on Sunday with the state governor, Babangana Zulum, in attendance.
Buhari expressed grief over the killing of farmers on rice fields and described the terrorists’ killings as insane.
While Buhari said he has given an order to the military to confront Boko Haram, Nigerians are demanding the replacement of service chiefs who head different security agencies in the country.
But presidential spokesman, Shehu, said the appointment and sack of service chiefs are not tied to public demands.
“I am not aware that the tenure of service chiefs is subjected to any law or regulation that is clearly stated,” Shehu said.
“They serve at the pleasure of the president and (if) the president is satisfied with their performance, he keeps them. The buck stops at his table — with due respect to the feelings of Nigerians.”
