A Senior Advocate of Nigeria (SAN), Olisa Agbakoba Wednesday said the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshal Alex Badeh had no right as the CDS, to remain in office, adding that he has failed in the mandate of winning the war against Boko Haram. Agbakoba made the call on Wednesday at a press conference where he spoke on sundry issues of national interest in his office. He however called on President Goodluck Jonathan to relieve Badeh of his job. Agbakoba said that the CDS who was appointed in January this year had lost control of the army, citing the case of about 480 Nigerian soldiers who ran into Cameroon during a confrontation with the Boko Haram insurgents as a confirmation of his position. The SAN, who was a former President of the Nigerian Bar Association, said it was worrisome that Boko Haram was now copying the tactics of the ISIS by declaring a caliphate in the North- East. He therefore called on the President to show more seriousness in tackling the insurgency , adding that the first step to take was for him to sack Badeh. He said, “I think our first task is to look around the world and ask whether our Nigerian intelligence and military infrastructure are doing just what they ought to do. If I were the Commander-in-Chief, I would invite the CDS , Alex Badeh and tell him that if he loses any command in the army, it’s over. If the President fails to send a strong message that the mission is not accomplished, then the chain of command would be weak. “In the army, it is obedience to superior orders. How can you have Nigerian soldiers carrying our equipment into Cameroon and running away? It tells you that the Army is degraded. The only way that you can solve the Boko Haram problem is by a resolute decapitation of the leadership. There is no other way.”
Posted on: Fri, 12 Sep 2014 11:42:11 +0000
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