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| General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff (2nd right) and other service chiefs |
President Muhammadu
Buhari has extended the tenure of the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin and all other service chiefs.
Daily
Trust report continues:
A
statement yesterday by the Public Relations Officer to the Minister of Defence,
Colonel Tukur Gusau said the president took the decision having reviewed
efforts of the service chiefs in counter insurgency operations in the Northeast
coupled with the security situation of the Niger Delta region.
According
to the statement: “The President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of
the Federal Republic of Nigeria His Excellency President Muhammadu Buhari
GCFR…has graciously approved the extension of tenure of service of General
Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, the Chief of Defence Staff, Lieutenant General
Tukur Yusufu Buratai Chief of Army Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIkwe Ibas, the
Chief of Naval staff and Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, the Chief of Air
staff.”
The statement said the extension was pursuant to the powers conferred on the President and Commander in chief of the Armed Forces of the Federal Republic of Nigeria by section 218 (1) and (2) of the 1999 Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria and section 09.06 of the Harmonized Terms and Conditions for Service for officers (2012) Revised.
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