As Nigerians continue to groan over the recent wave of terror attacks by Islamist sect, Boko Haram, investigations have revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari’s inability to hit the ground running is affecting anti-terror operations in the North East.
According to Premium Times, there is palpable uncertainty in the top hierarchy of the Nigerian military as it is yet to be known if President Buhari would terminate the tenures of the service chiefs he inherited from former President Goodluck Jonathan.
One of official, who spoke on the condition of anonymity said: “Service Chiefs are currently sitting at the edge of their seats; there is a regime of uncertainty because it was clear to them and everyone that they would not be part of the new administration, as such, they presently do not go the extra mile.
“All the Service Chiefs have cleared their desks including the NSA, and each day, they expect to receive the news of their sack, in that case, how do you expect someone to be in the right frame to prosecute a war as complex as the one against Boko Haram who use civilian targets as shield.
“They are often only called in to be given directive to carry out, the president is the one in charge.
“Take for example the decision to remove military checkpoints; an order was simply given without recourse to brainstorming on the issue.”
Another retired general said the development has made top military officers not to carry out orders a they know the service chiefs were living on borrowed time.
He said: “What I would advise the president is to allow them leave, so that he, himself would be focused with a fresh team he personally put in place, the earlier we do this, the better for us as a nation.”
