Buhari extends tenure of Service Chiefs

Service Chiefs had cause to smile on Monday as President Muhammadu Buhari extended their tenure.
The Commander-in-Chief took the decision to extend the tenure of Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusufu Buratai; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-EteIkwe Ibas and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Baba Abubakar, because of ongoing operations against insurgency.
All the Service Chiefs are due for retirement.
Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, said in a statement: “This extension is pursuant of 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 Harmonised Terms and Conditions for Service for officers (2012) Revised.”