The presidency has stated that the service chiefs were replaced because President Bola Tinubu was concerned about how the security situation was being addressed.
Naijaonpoint reports that the Special Adviser to President Bola Tinubu on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, made this revelation on Thursday while responding to questions in an interview on Arise Television’s ‘Prime Time’ programme.
Recall that there have been speculations that Tinubu changed the service chiefs over the alleged coup attempt against his government.
However, Onanuga stated that the development was a routine change.
He said, “I would say it’s a routine change. The President is concerned about the way the security situation is being addressed and he feels that it’s time to have some new people in-charge.
“He gave them a marching order that they should not allow the crisis that began in 2009 to resurface, 16 years of insurgency or war.
“The President told the new service chiefs that they should do everything possible that this insurgency ends.”
Speaking on the report of an alleged attempted coup, Onanuga said, “It was a mere dissemination of rumour. I am a journalist but sometimes journalists report without asking themselves the benefit of the story to the Nigerian public.
“They write sensational headlines and stories to get traffic, click bait and all of that.”
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