{"id":123286,"date":"2025-10-27T06:05:57","date_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:05:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=123286"},"modified":"2025-10-27T06:05:57","modified_gmt":"2025-10-27T05:05:57","slug":"explain-change-of-service-chiefs-adc-tells-tinubu","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/news\/explain-change-of-service-chiefs-adc-tells-tinubu\/","title":{"rendered":"Explain Change of Service Chiefs, ADC tells Tinubu\u00a0"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>By Myke Agunwa<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to \u201ccome clean\u201d with Nigerians on the real reasons behind the sudden changes in the Service Chiefs to douse widespread speculation of a possible coup attempt.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>Pointblanknews.com reported that President Tinubu on Friday announced major changes in the hierarchy of the Armed Forces. The reshuffle came just days after widespread rumours of an attempted coup circulated across social media, prompting swift denials from the Presidency and the Defence Headquarters.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The government had described the reports as \u201cbaseless and mischievous,\u201d insisting that the nation\u2019s security remained intact. However, the abrupt dismissal of top military commanders has since reignited public debate on whether deeper issues of loyalty, internal dissent, or political pressure may have influenced the decision.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>But in a statement on Friday, the party\u2019s National Publicity Secretary Mallam Bolaji Abdullahi, said while the President reserves the constitutional power to appoint or sack Service Chiefs, the abrupt nature of the latest reshuffle raises serious questions, especially coming amid \u201cdangerous rumours of an attempted coup.\u201d<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ADC accused the Federal Government of handling the matter with \u201cdeliberate obfuscation and outright confusion\u201d instead of offering Nigerians clarity and reassurance about the true situation within the military.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cIt is noteworthy that nearly all the Service Chiefs that have now been removed were appointed only 28 months ago, with the current Chief of Defence Staff himself appointed barely a year ago as Chief of Army Staff,\u201d the statement noted.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The party argued that such a drastic decision could not have been made without \u201cstrong underlying reasons,\u201d stressing that the Federal Government owes Nigerians a \u201ccategorical explanation\u201d to douse public anxiety.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ADC also linked the development to what it described as the Tinubu administration\u2019s growing distraction from national security matters. \u201cInsecurity continues to spread with terrorist groups staging a comeback in some parts of the country, while bandits reign supreme in others. Yet, this is not the reason the government is changing the Service Chiefs. Instead, the administration\u2019s attention appears fully focused on regime politics rather than securing the lives of Nigerians,\u201d the party said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The ADC warned that the near-wholesale overhaul of the military leadership could worsen instability and \u201cfurther promote rumours and conspiracy theories,\u201d urging the Federal Government to be transparent and reassure citizens that Nigeria\u2019s democracy is not under threat.<\/div>\n<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on the_content --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on the_content -->","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>By Myke Agunwa The African Democratic Congress (ADC) has called on President Bola Ahmed Tinubu to \u201ccome clean\u201d with Nigerians on the real reasons behind the sudden changes in the&hellip;<!-- AddThis Advanced Settings generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Share Buttons generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><!-- AddThis Related Posts generic via filter on wp_trim_excerpt --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":122517,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[5],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-123286","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-news"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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