After thousands of lives have been tragically lost in Nigeria given to the gross incompetence of Buhari’s favorite Service Chiefs, the President has accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from service.

This was contained in a statement issued by the Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Chief Femi Adesina in Abuja Tuesday.

According to the statement: “Those involved are the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar.

“President Buhari thanks the outgoing Service Chiefs for what he calls their “overwhelming achievements in our efforts at bringing enduring peace to our dear country,” wishing them well in their future endeavours.

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“The new Service Chiefs are Major-General Leo Irabor, Chief of Defence Staff; Major-General I. Attahiru, Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral A. Z. Gambo, Chief of Naval Staff; and Air-Vice Marshal I.O Amao, Chief of Air Staff.

“The President congratulates the new Service Chiefs, and urges them to be loyal and dedicated in the discharge of their responsibilities.”

The outgoing Service Chiefs have presided over a chronicle of unprecedented destruction of lives and properties in Nigeria under the Buhari-APC-led administration.

Many prisoners have escaped the Nigerian prison popularly referred to as Okere Prison in Warri South council area of Delta State, amidst heavy shooting by security operatives.

Flames and thick smoke are also emanating from the premises, fuelling fear among residents, most of whom have locked shops and scampered for safety.

The Nation online had reported a scare across the Warri metropolis following rampaging youths reportedly bearing cutlasses and tyres.

The cause of the fire is not clear, but confirmed reports claim that the thick smoke coming out of the premises of the correctional centre is as a result of the burning of tyres.

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It was learnt that the shootings were to scare hoodlums planning the jail break, away.

Residents of Okere Road where the prison is located are panicking over the possible replication of the incidents in Edo, Lagos and other states.
A distorted video seen by this reporter showed youths throwing stones towards the prison entrance.

Sporadic shootings followed afterwards, forcing the hoodlums to retreat, even as a voice is heard saying “oya, na house o”.

Another video clip shows at least seven persons come out of the prison to heavy cheering of the cutlass-wielding youths.

The 19th National Sports Festival billed for Abuja the Federal Capital Territory (FCT) will start today and ends on December 16 at the National Stadium Abuja.

Over 10, 000 athletes and officials are expected at the several postponed event owing to the failure of Cross River to meet up with the financial requirements.

According to the Sports Minister, Solomon Dalung, 37 sports will feature in this festival as against 25 that featured in the last edition which held in Lagos.

Dalung, during the unveiling of the official Mascot and Logo of the Festival, said that Cross River State failure to host the event, led to the take-over by the federal government.

The Minister said that the objective was to give more Nigerians the opportunity to be part of the fiesta and have a sense of belonging.

Going by the 37 sports to be competed for among participating states, the festival will be very intensive as the defending champions – Delta – are sure to meet tough challenge; Delta have been winning the festival since 2004 edition which was also hosted by Abuja.

This underscores the interests and investment in the festival by the organisers; the request for the huge funds, no doubt is imperative and deliberate attempt to revitalise the festival which seemed to have lost its glamour for more attention and attraction from stakeholders.

Independent