A public affairs analyst, Mahdi Shehu, has accused President Bola Ahmed Tinubu of acting out of selfish political interest in the recent reshuffling of Nigeria’s service chiefs.
In a post shared on his official X handle on Saturday, Shehu
said the President’s decision was not motivated by the worsening insecurity
across the country, but by fear and personal survival instincts following
reports of a possible coup.
Quoting the Bible to support his position, Shehu wrote: “For
where you have envy and selfish ambition, there you find disorder and every
evil practice” – James 3:16.
According to him, the scripture clearly captures man’s
natural tendency for greed and selfishness, which he believes has been visibly
demonstrated by Tinubu through his actions.
“The scriptural references to man’s selfishness are well
narrated and documented with visible confirmation by man himself,” Shehu
stated.
“Man’s greed and insatiable economic desires give further
credence to his infinite capacity for selfishness.”
He accused the President of ignoring several tragic events
across the country while maintaining the same security chiefs. “The ongoing
wanton killings nationwide did not prick Tinubu’s conscience to rejig his
security architecture,” he wrote.
Shehu listed several instances where he said the President
failed to act, including the daily sacking of villages and killings of hundreds
in Katsina, Zamfara, Sokoto, Niger, Yobe, and Borno states, as well as mass
killings in Benue, Taraba, Kogi, and Nasarawa.
“These were not enough reasons for Tinubu to summon the
courage to sack the service chiefs,” he lamented.
“But the moment his brand of democracy came under what was
officially denied yet unofficially confirmed as a coup, he acted swiftly and
panicky.”
Shehu described the move as a coup shrouded in darkness and
left to everybody’s imagination, alleging that the President only became
decisive when his own political survival was at stake.
He further criticized Tinubu’s handling of Nigeria’s
economic crisis, accusing him of retaining what he called a wizardly economic
team despite worsening poverty and hunger.
“With 139 million Nigerians facing abject poverty and
hunger, and other gory economic failures, Tinubu is yet to sack his economic
team,” Shehu wrote.
He concluded by saying that the President’s actions once
again confirm man’s selfish nature, even on the face of glaring failures, until
such a time when he is finally subsumed by the earth.
President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Friday
https://dailypost.ng/2025/10/24/tinubu-sacks-service-chiefs/ a major shake-up
in the country’s security leadership, sacking some service chiefs and approving
the appointment of their replacements.
According to a statement issued by his media aide, Sunday
Dare, Olufemi Oluyede was named the new Chief of Defence Staff, replacing
General Christopher Musa.
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