Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, Malam Garba Shehu said the clamour for the sacking of service chiefs was “out of place”.
Shehu said the president had the prerogative to appoint or sack any of the country’s service chiefs.
According to him, “the president keeps the service chiefs as long as he is satisfied with their performance.”
The gruesome killing of at least 43 rice farmers at Zabarmari in the Jere Local Government Area of Borno State last Saturday had sparked fresh calls for the sacking of the country’s service chiefs.
Shehu said the decision to sack or retain any of the service chiefs was entirely the president’s.
He spoke during an interview on Arise TV Monday night.
“I am not aware that the tenure of service chiefs is subjected to any law of regulation that is clearly stated.
“They serve at the pleasure of the president and (if) the president is satisfied with their performance, he keeps them. The buck stops at his table —with due respect to the feelings of Nigerians.
“The clamour for the sack is out of place considering that the president is not subject to the opinion of opposition political party which has clamoured for this all the time. It is entirely his own determination; he decides who he keeps as his service chiefs and for how long,” he stated.
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