New Service Chiefs: Problem Doesn't Lie With Buratai And Co., Says IPOB’s Special Counsel

Aloy Ejimakor, the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB’s) Special Counsel, has said that Lt Gen Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the 'retired' Chief of Army Staff, and other Service Chiefs are not the problem of insecurity and injustices in Nigeria.

According to Ejimakor, President Muhammadu Buhari is the real problem.

The legal practitioner who sides the outlawed group was reacting to President Buhari's 'firing' of the Service Chiefs led by Chief of Defence Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin.

"The problem does not lie with the Service Chiefs. It lies with the Commander-in-Chief," Ejimakor posited via has known Twitter handle on Tuesday.

"A service chief will not try the #OrluMassacre without the approval of the Commander-in-Chief.

"The fish rots from the head and the tail does not wag the dog. Don’t get it twisted."

Presidential Spokesperson, Femi Adesina, had stated in a tweet via his verified handle on Tuesday that there are now new Service Chiefs.

According to the tweet, Leo Irabor was named the new Chief of Defence Staff, I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff, A.Z. Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff, and I.O. Amao, Chief of Air Force.

The sack of the outgone service chiefs followed renewed cries by Nigerians for their removal.

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Subsequently, Adesina released a statement saying Buhari “accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service.”