Why Buhari must bring in fresh hands to tackle security challenges – Tanko Yakassi

Founding member of the Arewa Consultative Forum and Kano politician, Alhaji Tanko Yakassi, has counselled President Muhammadu Buhari to drop his service chiefs and appoint new ones as a matter of urgency.

Yakassi told Vanguard in an interview that the present service chiefs had tried their best and come to the end of their thinking leaving the nation with apparent no solution to the troubling security situation in the land and should be replaced with those who can take the job from there with fresh ideas to save the nation from the brink.

The renowned rights activist and former President Shehu Shagari Liaison Officer, pointed out that Buhari could not convince Nigerians that the present service chiefs were the only qualified military officers to handle the nation’s security threat.

“President Buhari was elected by Nigerians and he should listen to them by dropping the service chiefs who had since reached retirement age in the military and appoint new ones with fresh ideas to do the job for which we elected him to do,” Yakassi said.

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“The president’s idea about insecurity has proved inadequate to deal with the threat to our lives and property and he should urgently change tactics and personnel in order to win the war against rising threats to the lives of Nigerians.

“From what we have seen so far, he has not been able to solve the security problem staring the nation on its face and should seek new hands to help him do the job,” the politician stated.

But reacting to the call by Senator Enyinaya Abaribe for Buhari to resign, Yakassi described the call as misplaced and outrageous since the President was graciously elected by Nigerians for a fixed term of office.