Insecurity: Surprise Nigerians With New Service Chiefs – Ex-DSS DG Tells Buhari

A former Director-General of the Department of State Security, Mike Ejiofor, has advised the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd.), to change the service chiefs.

Ejiofor said this while speaking on Channels Television on Monday.

The former DSS DG expressed the belief that changing the service chiefs, tactics, equipment and approaches would lead to progress in the fight against insecurity.

He said, “I expect that Mr President should take Nigerians by surprise, change the service chiefs; and Nigerians, their attitude to security agencies, should change too.

“I think by the change of tactics, equipment, attitude, service chiefs, and approaches, we’d make some progress, I believe very strongly.”

We had earlier reported that the Senior Special Adviser to the President, Garba Shehu, described the clamour for the sack of the service chiefs as “out of place.”

Shehu who spoke to Arise TV said the decision to sack the service chiefs solely lies with the President.

He had said, “I am not aware that the tenure of service chiefs is subjected to any law or regulation that is clearly stated. They serve at the pleasure of the president and (if) the president is satisfied with their performance, he keeps them. The buck stops on his table —with due respect to the feelings of Nigerians.

“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. It is entirely his own determination; he decides who he keeps as his service chiefs and for how long.”