The Coalition of Northern Groups (CNG) has threatened to drag President Muhammadu Buhari to court over the retention of the nation’s service chiefs.
This is coming after several calls for their removal over what they described as non-performance, stating that they have overstayed.
CNG’s spokesperson, Abdul-Azeez Suleiman, stated this in an interview with The PUNCH.
Suleiman said the security situation in the North under them, has worsened, hence the need for the court to compel Buhari to remove them.
He added that there were laws guiding the appointments of the service chiefs, which must be followed to evolve the system.
Suleiman said, “The CNG is going to court because we believe it is now no longer a question of performance, but one of legality on whether the service chiefs, who have overstayed their years of service should not be compelled to comply with the laws guiding the prevailing scheme of service in the country.
“We would seek interpretation from the courts on the applicability of the law that says if a public servant attains 60 years of age, he must retire, or if he covers 35-years in service, he should go.
“On moral grounds, CNG regrets that by any standard of judgement, President Muhammadu Buhari and his security chiefs as constituted today have failed the nation in the vital area of improving its security.
“We at the CNG have been consistent with our warnings that President Buhari lacked the will, his overstayed service chiefs lack the capacity, competence and commitment to lead Nigeria into a secure and prosperous future.
“It is shocking that in spite of unprecedented consensus among Nigerians that the administration requires a new resolve, approach and leadership in the fight against the nation’s multiple security challenges, President Buhari appears either totally isolated or in deep denial over the result of his service chiefs’ failures to secure Nigerians.”