Garba Shehu, presidential spokesman, has defended the
nomination of ex-service chiefs as non-career ambassadors-designate.
President Muhammadu Buhari had sent their names to the
senate for confirmation, urging the chamber to give “expeditious consideration”
to the nomination.
The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) had criticised the move,
accusing Buhari of trying “to shield the immediate past service chiefs from
investigation over alleged killing of innocent Nigerians and crimes against
humanity”.
Reacting, Shehu said the ex-service chiefs were nominated as
a reward for their hard work and sacrifice.
He said the transition is “normal in decent democratic
societies” and asked the PDP to stop defaming the former service chiefs.
“The President is rewarding hard work and exceptional
sacrifice by a set of military leaders who gave their best to the nation and
will be remembered, sooner than later, for their contributions to the security
and survival of Nigeria as one nation,” he said.
“They should be allowed to move to the next level. This is
so that their examples will help to inspire others if given the opportunity to
serve and this transition is normal in decent democratic societies.
“How on earth can decent people run down hardworking
professionals who have put in their best to defend their country? How can you
run down your country and equate that with normal political dialogue and
opposition?
“What is baffling about this false and baseless assertion is
that this is coming, not from Boko Haram terrorists who the military kept
largely in check and confined to a known section of the country, Sambisa, but
from a so-called leading opposition party that fraudulently kept power for 16
years and is nursing the hope of one day returning to office as an elected
government.
“What is more, under these corrupt politicians the
insurgency conquered large swathes of territory-18 Local Government Areas.
“Pray, if a political party, in a blind search for power can
spurn the interest of the nation, embrace the language of hate campaign against
the country’s military as enunciated by the terrorists, as the PDP does, what
will be left for the Boko Haram to do? PDP is doing Boko Haram’s work!”
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