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Nigeria’s Chief of Defence Staff Asks 50 Military Generals to Quit Service

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Dec 13, 2021.

Nigeria’s Chief Of Defence Staff, Irabor Asks 50 Military Generals To Quit Service

EKO HOT BLOG reports that General Leo Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), has directed that 50 generals in the Nigerian military retire immediately.

According to the Daily Post, the officers are from the Nigerian Air Force, the Nigerian Army, and the Nigerian Navy, with the army accounting for around 25 of the top officers.

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According to reliable sources, Irabor issued the command on Monday at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

At a 2 p.m. meeting, the CDS congratulated them for their service and informed everyone present that it was past time for them to leave office.

The Course 36 Generals, on the other hand, had more than three years till retirement.

“They are about 50; two of them in the Army will retire in 2022, while the rest have about three and half years left in service”, the source revealed.

Another source wondered why the Armed Forces were eager to ease out scores of capable and experienced hands at a time the country is battling insecurity.

Ironically, Irabor recently intervened in the 2016 forceful retirement of 38 Nigerian Army officers via a letter (Ref. No. CDS/8/A) to the Minister of Defence, Bashir Magashi, a retired Major-General.

They were asked to go in June 2016, an action described as arbitrary by those affected, security personnel, experts and Nigerians.

Till date, the military and the federal government are yet to comply with extant court judgments ordering the officers’ reabsorption.

In January 2020, Justice Rukiya Hasstrup at National Industrial Court in Abuja faulted the Army decision and directed their reinstatement.

In May 2020, Justice Edith Agbakoba approved that contempt of court charge is filed against the military chiefs for failing to comply with a valid order.

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