I did not call for the sack of Service Chiefs, says Ndume

Senator representing Borno South, Senator Ali Ndume said that he never called for the sack of Service Chiefs.

According to him, there was no way he would have asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Service Chiefs knowing fully well that at the moment, the Soldiers are not adequately funded and they are also ill-equipped.

Ndume’s swift reaction came following the Senate’s position that the Service Chiefs should step aside because of the killing of Soldiers as well as the resignation of over 200 soldiers.

Speaking with newsmen shortly after the Senate plenary, the Chairman Senate Committee on Army, Ndume explained that his original motion failed to ask for the sack of Service Chiefs because he was aware that the armed forces were grossly ill-equipped.

Although Ndume’s original motion did not contain the request for the sack of Service Chiefs, it was amended by Senator Francis Fadahunsi, PDP, Osun East to that effect, which added that the serving Chiefs should resign their appointment against the backdrop of desertion and resignation by over 200 soldiers.

At the end of the day, the Ahmad Lawan led Senate wholeheartedly adopted Fadahunsi’s amendment without a single voice of dissent.