Olisa Agbakoba, a senior advocate of Nigeria (SAN), has defended President Bola Tinubu’s decision to replace the nation’s service chiefs.
Tinubu had on Friday announced changes to the leadership of
the armed forces as part of efforts to strengthen the country’s security
architecture.
The shake-up saw new appointments across the defence
hierarchy, including the replacement of the chief of defence staff (CDS).
Speaking on ‘Politics Today’, a Channels Television
programme, Agbakoba said the president made the right call, especially if
reports of a planned coup were true.
Reports have linked the cancellation of Nigeria’s 65th
independence anniversary events on October 1 to an alleged military coup
attempt.
But the defence headquarters (DHQ) had dismissed the
reports, saying the cancellation had no links with the alleged coup attempt.
Reacting to the development, Agbakoba said the president
demonstrated decisiveness that was lacking in the previous administration.
“You have a president who is prepared to take tough
decisions, and we know that he likes to take tough decisions,” he said.
“I think he has done the right thing because his
predecessor, the late former President Muhammadu Buhari, did not like to make
such decisions and allowed his military team to stay far longer than they
should have.”
The former Nigerian Bar Association (NBA) president added
that the timing of the move was appropriate.
“So, if it is indeed true that there was a rumoured coup, I
think he (Tinubu) acted sensibly by doing exactly what he has done,” he said.
“What we want to see now is the impact of that decision.”
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