By Hamilton Nwosa(Head, The New Diplomat’s Polling, Research & Data desk)
It is not only needless but it is also unpatriotic of Nigerians to call for the probe of ex service chiefs by the International Criminal court,(ICC), the Federal Government has declared.
The Minister of Information and Culture, Lai Mohammed, stated this on Tuesday, while speaking on a Radio Nigeria programme, Politics Nationwide.
According to him, to the best of his “own knowledge”, our service chiefs obey the rules of engagement,” adding, “where there are infractions, there are internal regulations and internal mechanisms to address them.”
President Muhammadu Buhari had last week replaced the four service chiefs: General Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Defence Staff; Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Ibok Ibas, Chief of Naval Staff and Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff.
Some Nigerians, including the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) have since demanded that the erstwhile service chiefs be probed over the security lapses during their tenure.
“Those who are calling for the ex-service chiefs to be invited to ICC are unpatriotic people, ”the minister declared.
