Northern elders on Thursday applauded the President, Muhammadu Buhari, for taking action sacking the nation’s service
chiefs but knocked him for excluding South East from the appointments.
According to them, Buhari “ought to have disappointed some
of his critics that he doesn’t hate the Igbo as it’s widely insinuated, by
appointing one of their sons into the nation’s security leadership.”
To them, the exclusion of the South-East was inimical to the
unity and One Nigeria project of the founding fathers of the country.
The elders under the aegis of Coalition of Northern Elders
for Peace and Development, in a statement by their National Coordinator, Zana
Goni, appealed to the Buhari to “balance the equation by reviewing the
appointments to reflect the nation’s federal character principle, fairness and
equity.”
The CNEPD said, “We completely throw our weight behind
Ohanaeze Ndigbo on their position over the appointments of the new service
chiefs. We vehemently appeal to Mr President for a review of the appointments
to accommodate our Igbo brothers from the South-East region in line with the
federal character principle of the country.
“We are absolutely sure that taking this action will make
the designers of our country happy where they are watching. We received with
great excitement the news about the sacking of the former service chiefs of the
country by Mr President. It is quite commendable that the president finally
listened to the clarion call by Nigerians to that effect.
“However, the composition of the service chiefs greeted us
with mixed feelings and sincere concerns. We strongly believe that the list
does not meet a fair list as it is lacking in fairness, justice, and equity to
the South-Easterners.”
“We thought some lessons would have been learnt by the
Presidency by now that the Igbos are also Nigerians and deserve to be fairly
and godly treated.
“How can there be the appointment of two sets of service
chiefs without any Igbo person among them? Is this fair? What exactly has the
Igbo people done to deserve this kind of unfair treatment?
“Our careful checks revealed that Igbos have senior and very
qualified military officers in the Navy, Army, and Airforce who are serving
faithfully in their various capacities. What is their sin?
“We appeal to Mr President to have a retrospection over this
latest appointments and do the needful because we feel that if it is not
addressed soon, people like Nnamdi Kanu and IPOB will continually make
supporters of APC and your admirers from the South-East region laughing stock
of your administration.”
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thank very much for the observation, but do the presido have ears,but you the same people who are the cabal are the cause of this injustice from the beginning , ---light most shine ,darkness must disappear
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