The Nigerian Senate during plenary on Tuesday called on all Nigeria’s Service Chiefs to step aside as the country continues to grapple with security challenges.
The motion was brought to the floor of the Senate and moved by the Chairman of its Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume, on the back of the recent ambush of soldiers in Katsina and the alleged voluntary resignation of many soldiers.
According to the Senator, both developments and others are worrying.
While Senator Ndume did not call for the dismissal of the service chiefs, the call for them to step aside was made following an additional prayer to his motion in the course of deliberations.
Senator Francis Fadahunsi made the call for the service chiefs to step aside as part of his contributions to the discourse on the motion.
Other senators supported the move and passed the resolution for the service chiefs who have been in office since July 2015 to step aside.
The Senators also mandated a joint defence, army, navy, airforce, police and interior committee to engage with the military to ascertain the state of affairs of the armed forces.
