Jonathan Set To Drop Service Chiefs Friday

EKELE PETER AGBO

There are strong indications that President Goodluck Jonathan may drop the nation’s service chiefs this Friday, following the impending retirement ofthe incumbent Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Air Chief Marshal OluseyiPetinrin after thirty-five years of service.
The president is scheduled to have dinner with all the service chiefs tomorrow, Wednesday, where he is expected to thank them for their immense contributions, especially to internal security.
LEADERSHIP investigation has equally revealed that the President is likely to disclose his decision on the appointments of new service chiefs when he meets with the incumbents tomorrow, but is likely to delay the announcement till Friday.
In the past few weeks, feelers from informed military quarters have suggested that Jonathan may have pencilled some names in the military hierarchy to take over from the current service chiefs who have been in office for two years now.
Among those pencilled for the post of Chief of Army Staff (CAS) are: Major-General Lawrence Ngubane, Major-General JA Okunbor, Major-General MD Abubakar and Major-General Sarkin Yaki Bello, Head of Counter Terrorism, office of the National Security Adviser (NSA).
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