There are indications that Service Chiefs, including the Chief of Defence Staff (COAS), General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lieutenant-General Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), and the Chief of the Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Sadiq Abubakar may remain in offices until December when they will retire.
Information reaching us showed that the extension of their tenure by President Buhari was an acknowledgement of their impressive performances in ensuring law, order and peace in the country, especially during the just concluded 2019 general elections.
The law is believed to have conferred the powers on the President to extend the tenure of the service chiefs, and renew their tenure for six months. The tenures of the service chiefs who were appointed in 2015, expired in 2018, but they were renewed by the president in a statement by the Public Relations Officer to the Minister of Defence Colonel Tukur Gusau.
The extension according to Gusau, was largely based on the efforts of the military chiefs in tackling terrorism in the North-East and addressing other security issues.
Source: THE SUN.
