A security analyst, Salihu Dantata, has expressed support for President Bola Tinubu’s recent reorganisation of the service chiefs.
During an interview on Arise Television on Friday, Dantata stated that President Tinubu, in his capacity as the Commander-in-Chief, possesses the constitutional authority to dismiss any service chiefs from office.
He made this comment in response to President Tinubu’s reshuffling of the Service Chiefs earlier on Friday.
The President had implemented the changes within the top military hierarchy as part of the federal government’s continued efforts to strengthen the nation’s security framework.
Reacting further, Dantata said, “In the first place, no one expected it. It came as a surprise.
“Then, going beyond that, Mr President Tinubu is the Commander-in-Chief, and, at any time, he has the constitutional right to relieve any service chiefs of their duties.
“World over, this is the practice. Once you appoint Service Chiefs, particularly when you are facing insecurity, if you are not getting the results they were appointed for, you relieve them and put new ones in.”
