{"id":81156,"date":"2021-05-25T19:54:05","date_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:54:05","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/?p=81156"},"modified":"2021-05-25T19:54:05","modified_gmt":"2021-05-25T18:54:05","slug":"attahirus-replacement-dont-retire-igbo-ranking-officer-ohanaeze-youths-to-buhari","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pointblanknews.com\/pbn\/exclusive\/attahirus-replacement-dont-retire-igbo-ranking-officer-ohanaeze-youths-to-buhari\/","title":{"rendered":"Attahiru\u2019s replacement: Don\u2019t retire Igbo ranking officer \u2013 Ohanaeze Youths to Buhari"},"content":{"rendered":"<div dir=\"auto\">The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration not to tinker with retiring the highest Igbo ranking officer in the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n<div dir=\"auto\">\nPointblanknews.com learnt that Major General Ben Ahanotu, from Anambra State, is the second in command to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru.<\/p>\n<p>He is currently the Chief of Policy and Plan of the Nigerian Army.<\/p>\n<p>Ahanotu, member of regular course 35, was the commander of the military operation that captured the founder of Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, and his followers at their hideout in Maiduguri in 2009.<\/p>\n<p>In a statement by OYC President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike he said Ndigbo had suffered enough injustice in the hand of the Buhari Government.<\/p>\n<p>He added that \u201cthere are even emerging claims that Gen. Ahanotu is not presently acting as the Chief of Army Staff despite the fact that he is the highest ranking Army officer.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cIf this is true, it should not be and it would send more danger signals to the already agitated youths of the Southeast. Buhari should for once unite this country.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe cannot understand a situation where no Igbo man sits in the Security Council meeting, it does not augur well for the country.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>\u201cWe want it to be on record and for the whole world to know about the continuous marginalization of Ndigbo in Nigeria,\u201d he added.<\/p>\n<p>The group further reinstated their stand that the Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023 was non-negotiable.<\/p><\/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>The Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has told the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration not to tinker with retiring the highest Igbo ranking officer in the Nigerian Army. 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