The Coalition for Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria has described the call for the sack of the nation’s Security Chiefs as the handiwork of some selfish North-East politicians to discredit the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration.
The group was reacting to the recent call by some members of the National Assembly on Buhari to sack the Service Chiefs over the state of security in the nation.
Addressing newsmen at a press conference on Friday, the group said some North-East politicians are not only sponsoring the call for the sack of Service Chiefs; they also have set up a mechanism that would jeopardize the efforts of the Buhari-led administration.
Mr. Gabriel Agibi, who spoke on behalf of the group, said Nigerians must realise that the call for the sack of Service Chiefs was not the main issue, but that of a grand plot to see that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari is labeled as incompetent and lacking in the capacity to address the spate of insecurity in the country.
He said, ”The Coalition for Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria is aware of a grand plot by some unscrupulous elements within the political ranks in Nigeria to cause disaffection in the polity by orchestrating for the sack of Service Chiefs in the country.
”This is indeed a part of an unpatriotic attempt at puncturing the fragile peace experienced in Nigeria and truncating our nascent democratic experiment by those who have fallen out of political relevance that was occasioned by the outcome of the 2019 general elections in Nigeria.
The Coalition of Human Rights Monitoring Groups in Nigeria being a critical stakeholder in the war against terrorism in Nigeria sees this attempt as an assault on the sensibilities of Nigerians, especially the people of North-East Nigeria that have had to endure years of hardship since the Boko Haram terrorist group began its violent campaign against the Nigerian state in 2009.
”It is instructive to state that the recent upsurge in the call for the sacking of Service Chiefs (Army, Navy and Air force) is indeed the handiwork of some North-East politicians that have vowed to discredit the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari for putting the interest of the people at heart and his commitment to the fight against terrorism in Nigeria.
”These North-East politicians that have been the ultimate beneficiaries of the crisis in the region are angered with the progress made in so far in the war against terrorism because their illicit sources of livelihood have been halted by the counter-insurgency operations of the Nigerian Military.”
