A group, Nigeria Patriotic Youth For Good Governance has kicked against the recent calls for the sack of the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Chris Musa and other service chiefs over the worsening insecurity in the country.
Rather, the group urged Nigerians to assist security agencies with intelligence that will enable them to nip in the bud any security threat from criminals across the country.
The Arewa Economic Forum and Arewa Youth Consultative Forum had recently asked President Bola Tinubu to suspend the service chiefs and other appointees in the security sector because of the sharp increase in the activities of bandits and terrorists.
But, at a press conference in Abuja yesterday, the Nigerian Patriotic Youth for Good Governance said those calling for the heads of the service chiefs do not mean well for Nigeria but were unpatriotic and self-centred.
The group’s coordinator, Abdulmalik Attahiru, who addressed the press conference said, the fundamental mandate of the Nigerian Armed Forces is to protect the territorial integrity of Nigeria from external invasion/aggression and they have done that well.
Attahiru said the defence chief was doing well in the area of restoring stability in Nigeria and is more than ever determined and resolute in his commitment to confront and destroy criminal enterprises in Nigeria and needs the support of all Nigerians to tackle insecurity.
“The leadership of this group has observed with dismay and consternation the recent calls for the sacking of chief of defence staff and service chiefs in Nigeria. This world press conference would not have been necessary if not for the incontrovertible facts that those making the calls for their sacks are not making it in national interest. Rather, they are doing it to serve the interest of their pay masters.
“There is no iota of doubt that in the recent time, there have been pockets of cases of kidnapping within the Territory of Abuja and lo and behold, concerted effort is being made to frontally confront the trend.
“We cannot be oblivious of the copious facts that arrests has been made, investigation is in top gear and those fomenting insecurity within the territory of Abuja and Nigeria at large will soon be brought to book ultimately. There is no hidden place for criminals in Nigeria. They will be brought to book regardless of who they are and where they are.
“We want to tell you categorically that the Armed Forces under Gen. C.G. Musa is doing tremendously well in the area of restoring stability to Nigeria. He is a talk and do Military General. He has carved a niche for himself within the military architecture in Nigeria. Commitment to duty and dedication to service has been his watch word. He has always distinguished himself in all the places he served.
“General CG Musa Military carrier and antecedents is spotless and unblemished. As commandant of Army Depot (2015-2017), his legacies have continued to linger. When he was theatre commander JTF North East ‘Operation Hadin Kai’, he performed exceptionally well by championing the unimaginable decimation of Boko Haram in the North East,” Attahiru said.
