Why Tinubu appointed acting chief of army staff
The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Christopher Musa, has said that Nigeria as a nation was going through several challenges that required all hands on deck, adding that President Bola Tinubu decided to appoint the acting COAS to ensure continuity and avoid any gap.
Musa said this during the taking over of office by Maj.-Gen. Olufemi Oluyede as the Acting Chief of Army Staff (COAS), on Friday in Abuja.
The CDS therefore charged the top officers and commanders of the Armed Forces to continue to cooperate to ensure an end to all forms of insecurity across the country.
“We cannot afford to stay back and allow insecurity to continue to prevail. It is important that we all understand this clearly and give the acting COAS all the support to make sure he is successful.
“Gen. Lagbaja is somebody we all know as a regimented fine officer who would not want any gap to occur in his absence.
“That is why this event is taking place. So I want to count on all of us, whatever issues we have in mind, whatever opinions, please put it that Nigeria must survive, the armed forces must survive and the services must survive.
“So everybody should put his hands on deck and let us succeed.
“To all our commanders out there in the field, the challenges are there and we want to commend them for all the efforts they are making.
“We know they are performing magic but we want to urge them not to relent because the bandits, the terrorists, the criminals are not relenting.
“We are moving towards December, and we know the challenges that will come up. So we need to take all measures necessary to ensure that Nigeria remains peaceful,” he said.
