{"id":77774,"date":"2021-01-16T04:10:07","date_gmt":"2021-01-16T03:10:07","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=77774"},"modified":"2021-01-16T06:35:07","modified_gmt":"2021-01-16T05:35:07","slug":"sack-service-chiefs-now-says-wike","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/sack-service-chiefs-now-says-wike\/","title":{"rendered":"Sack service chiefs now says Wike"},"content":{"rendered":"<div id=\"m#msg-f:1689010163644316465\" class=\"mail-message expanded\">\n<div class=\"mail-message-header spacer\">Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State has joined calls from different quarters in the country for the sack of the heads of security agencies in the country by the President.<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-content collapsible zoom-normal mail-show-images \">\n<div class=\"clear\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div dir=\"ltr\">\n<div><\/div>\n<div>He explained that the Federal Government needed to change the Security Chiefs in order to allow for fresh ideas and strategy in tackling the threats to internal security in Nigeria.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>The Governor made the call during the wreath-laying and parade ceremony organised to mark the 2021 Armed Forces Remembrance Day Celebration in Port Harcourt on Friday.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>Wike said; \u201cA country is as strong as its Armed Forces. Her inability to defeat the Boko Haram insurgency despite years of full military engagement shows that all is not well with our approaches and commitments to the battle against the internal insecurity.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\n<div>\u201cToday, therefore, also raises the need for all of us to be worried by the deteriorating security situation across the country and restate the call on the Federal Government to do everything necessary to bring the security threat by Boko Haram and armed bandits to a decisive end in the shortest possible time.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cWe thank the Service Chiefs for their efforts so far in the battle against the insurgents. But we also align with the concern of citizens that having seemingly reached their wit end, they should now give way for fresh hands and ideas to give the fight the impetus that it so strongly needs to ensure that Boko Haram and killer bandits are comprehensively defeated and smoked out of existence.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<div>\u201cThe time has come for the Federal Government to stop the preteens, change strategy, seek help from our friends and confront the urgency of the internal insecurity situation in Nigeria with every weaponry at its disposal to stop the killing, free all hostages and improve the physical security of our country for all Nigerians,\u201d he said.<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"mail-message-footer spacer collapsible\"><\/div>\n<\/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>Nyesom Wike, Governor of Rivers State has joined calls from different quarters in the country for the sack of the heads of security agencies in the country by the President.&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":75181,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-77774","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-exclusive"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v26.8 - 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