Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha, in response to demands for the sack of service chiefs in Nigeria, has said it is premature to sack the service chiefs due to growing insecurity in the country.
According to him, there are processes that should be followed in the disengagement of heads of security agencies insisting that “at the opportune time, those processes will be followed.”
Mustapha said this at a book presentation in Abuja after Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, on Tuesday morning, February 18 accused Chief of Staff to President Buhari, Abba Kyari of undue and dangerous interference in matters bordering on national security.
The book ‘CAN, Religion and Power in Nigeria’ which was written by a former General Secretary of the Christian Association of Nigeria, Samuel Salifu was launched at the National Christian Centre, Abuja.
He said;
Well, I don’t think this (sacking of service chiefs) is appropriate for this forum; you don’t sack people like that. There are processes and I believe that at the opportune time, those processes will be followed. You don’t just wake up and say, sack people, it doesn’t happen like that.
We are in a very difficult time now. We need everybody to be on board. We need synergy within the intelligence community, within the military formations that will help fight this war. We are in a very difficult situation and when we begin to create cracks and divisions.
Mustapha added that;
Who will be the beneficiaries? The adversaries are the ones that are going to exploit those deficiencies and further the cause of destabilising the nation.
At this moment, we need everybody to be on the same page, fight the battle of securing the nation, protecting lives and property and ensuring that every Nigerian has the opportunity to live a prosperous life. I think that should be our main focus.
