By The9JaTREND
President Bola Tinubu on Friday sacked Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa and replace him with General Olufemi Oluyede.
In a statement signed by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Public Community, Sunday Dare stated that the change in furtherance of the efforts of the Federal Government of Nigeria to strengthen the national security architecture.
The statement is titled ‘Tinubu changes service chiefs.’
“The new Chief of Army Staff is Major-General W. Shaibu. Air Vice Marshall S.K Aneke is Chief of Air Staff, while Rear Admiral I. Abbas is the new Chief of Naval Staff. Chief of Defence Intelligence Major-General E.A.P Undiendeye retains his position.
“The President, Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, expresses most profound appreciation to the outgoing Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa and the other Service Chiefs for their patriotic service and dedicated leadership,” the statement further read.
Tinubu charged the newly appointed Service Chiefs to justify the confidence reposed in them by further enhancing the professionalism, vigilance and comradeship that define Nigeria’s Armed Forces.
All appointments take immediate effect.