Former Aviation Minister, Chief Femi Fani-Kayode has urged President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the nation’s service chiefs.
He made the call on Friday while reacting to reports that the president has queried the service chiefs over their inability to effectively tackle insurgency in the North.
Buhari reportedly made this known during a meeting with the service chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja on Thursday.
The president was said to have told the service chiefs that he would no longer tolerate excuses.
“He said he expected them to henceforth live up to expectations,” National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, told the media after the meeting.
“Mr President expressed great concern over the declining security situation in the country. He is extremely unhappy about what is happening and he feels that, even though the security agencies are doing their best, their best is not good enough for him and wants an immediate reversal of the current trend and immediate reversal of our misfortunes in all their dimensions.
“Mr President also told us clearly in no uncertain terms, that he and indeed the administration campaigned to power on the platform of three issues, fighting insecurity, overcoming our economic difficulties and dealing with the scourge of corruption. More so, he noted that it takes common sense for anyone to understand that without security, the pursuit of the other two will just be an exercise in futility.”
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But Fani-Kayode said warning the service chiefs was not enough.
“Don’t just query your Service Chiefs but muster the courage to SACK them! Be bold, decisive & strong! People are being slaughtered all over the country. They have failed WOEFULLY & a change of guard is needed. Don’t you know that our blood is red &that NIGERIAN LIVES MATTER too?” Fani-Kayode queried.