Sack of Security Chiefs: Election Game of Musical Chairs

This Emetulu must have gone mad. I am sure you are abusing the use of the net. Please desist from such acts. Why must SR allow so many imbeciles on their platform like this. I think it is making a mockery of the whole position of SR.

Please help us to report better opinion and analyses as against this mad "bad belly" individuals.

the beauty of the internet. anyone can write rubbish & post it.

I totally disagree with the analogy of the writer of that article. How can he argue that that the sack amounted to a coup on the Nigerian people? There are others who could have equally found it convenient to contend that the retention of the former service chiefs is a ploy by president Jonathan to use them to rig election. The bottom line is that the President had the constitutional right to remove and appoint service chiefs. It is the president that determines the security implication of such action before acting. He has not breached any Law, and he does not need to share the security information at his disposal with the public to jusify his action. That is why he is the cheif security officer of the nation.

I am of the view that our comments on articles such as this should be whether the issues raised in the column are relevant and supported by facts on ground and not whether the author is busy or idle wherever he is writing from.

We should learn to accommodate divergent views without resort to abuse or allegation of sponsorship which in any case cannot be proven.

From the Sahara reporters write up on the replacement of the service chiefs, you can see that thier tenure is 2yrs and that tenure elapsed this August. They have been relieved of thier positions and thanked for thier service to the nation whether excellent or not and new people have been appointed. It is purely coincidence that thier tenure elapsed just prior to the forthcoming elections. We understand that most our politicians are dishonest and do not even hve platforms indicating what they intend to achieve when they get into office but as much as possible we should try not to see conspiracy theories where none exist!

Sahara reporters please permit me to tell people like Kennedy that they are the worst enemy of Nigerians. He not doubt has overstayed in another mans couuntry and needs to take his ass home to appreciate what is really on in Nigeria. What a STUPID write up. This man I agree is definitely idle and needs something to do. President acts, he is criticized; he dosn't act he is criticized. HABA

The writer seems not to even understand the basic issues in security operation, he is just out to justify some political or ethnic interest. How dare somebody doubt the integrity of a Commander-in-Chief for firing his security on a day hoodlums broke into a prison and released over 700 inmates IN Bauchi? Nine members of Ogun State house of assembly suspended fifteen members? And with a national election around the corner, there is no better time to sweep away those officers and inject a fresh blood.

Hello Ken, your comment on the new appointments by the President and commander in chief is well withing limit in an environment that preach freedom.
You raised some fundamental issues that are of interest to you in London and to us at home.
Does President has the right to appoint service chiefs? does he needs consent from people in london to go ahead with such appointment?
you also tied this appointment to elections and in our country once its election year everything anything goes. What else do you need to know or hear from the President, he has said reassuringly that 2011 elections will be remarkably differently from other elections ever conducted in this country, apparently you dont believe him but you are quick to read meaning into his appointment of service chief to conclude that next years elections will be rigged as before.
At this point in our national history we need optimism far and above pessimism.
If any of the service chiefs had come from Bayelsa state, the home state of the president you will say more to it. but you did not find such fault and you dont see anything good in officers who have served to the levels of become "General" simply because its President Jonathan appointing them but Ken learn to be positive about your county. Most of us back home we dont have the resources and opportunity to run to London like many did 1993. Some papers were even saying for the first time in 40 years an Ibo man is made to head the army but all you see is the intent to rig the elections of 2011, I respect your right to express yourself but I disagree with what you said. Ken lets see something good however tiny it may be in our country and like that we will move this country forward.

Just shut up! You have made no sense here.

This article was writen with poor judgement. lets give President.Jona the benefit of doubt. The sack was long overdue, he should be commended for tolerating those Service Chiefs before now.

We can not continue to attach sentiments to every appointment made by Government. The new faces appointed to replace the old ones, are they not Nigerians? Lets be honest to ourselves, the sack of the service chiefs was in the best interest of Nigeria, may be later we will start narrowing it down to individual appointees vis-a-vis wether they merited their new positions or not.

It is a wake up call to those that are there now that they should guide against a repeat of the Boko-Haram prison break saga. Those escaped terrorists should be pursued till they are apprehended and brought to justice. Any responsible government would have acted the same way President Jona did after the incident.

on the other hand, using the new appointees for election rigging is still early to speculate as President Jona is yet to declare to Nigerians that he want to contest. Not untill then, adduccing the reason for the sack of the Service Chiefs based on Election rigging in 2011 is premature and ridiculous
When we make such insinuations, we are emboldening this people that they can can actually rig election as usual and get away with it. 2011 is going to be a different ball game

Pray for Nigeria, its Leaders and Rulers. God is watching. He only can determine who will be what and when. Time will tell.

While this author has no doubt raised some valid points, like the issue of loyalty, I think we should not be too quick to condem every action of Mr. President, except we have an ulterior motive ourselves. Let it be succintly clear that I am no supporter or admirer of the president in anyway, but truth must be told. I am one of the millions of diasporian Nigerians who are terribly bitter, angry and frustrated over how this potentially great country is run by the (s)elected thieves and inept leaders.

Now. This sack is over due, and should not wait till after the election as posited by my dear compatriot, Kennedy Emetulu. I agree with the writer that "that once he sees any reason to question the office holder or sack to him, he needs to do so immediately", and to question "why couldn’t these new appointments wait till after the elections" is at contradictory.

We all have been witness to the wholesale indiscipline (the army chiefs as in case of relegating the office of the then commander in chief of the armed forces - acting president JEG, during the Yar'aduwa), satanic insecurity, evil granstanding, refusal to obey court summons (Onovo), ...time will fail us if we continue to enumerate the evils of these men. The president could have acted then but must be commended for holding back fire, considering the instability in the polity. He demonstrated shrewdness. Now is the right time. We cannot continue to have more of the same, just to wait for election. These new chiefs must hit the ground running, make a difference within the next few weeks, if they are to keep their positions (the electorate will see the difference and re-elect their master).
Even if done for political reason, to leave the outgoing ones there will not guarantee non-political manipulation by the ikes of the self acclaimed evil genuis (IBB). That is not an alternative. I hope that JEG really allows a level playing ground despite these appointments. We must allow people votes to count. This should also be the perogrative of the newly appointed chiefs. We can only wait to see what the next few months will give birth to.

I am surprised nobody has responded to your article. Like you pointed out in the article, it is clear what Mr president is trying to do. Preparing the ground for his election into office. Yet, this is the same person that promised the US that there will be credible, free and fair elections come 2011 and he is doing everything possible to get himself elected. Changing the electoral acts to favour him and his party.

I have the feeling that Mr Goodluck would not win the primaries to stand under the PIDIPI umbrella. He would have done himself good and leave office as a hero by not contesting the election. Those claiming to support him from the north are only deceiving him for their selfish interest. I am sure everyone knows that to win the presidential election in Nigeria you need to be accepted in the North. They have 19 states and the most populous state (Kano) is from the region. The way forward for Nigeria is the Sovereign National Conference where the future of the Nation would be discussed. Unfortunatelt most of the leaders are not interested as long as they are able to get political appointments to enrich themselves.

GOD WILL NEED YOU TO SAVE OUR NATION

This is the beginning of the reenactment of the 1966 crisis all over. This time around, we should be sincere with ourselves - are we really ready to lay down our lives to preserve Nigeria as one or the other way around.

I think it is a little bit premature ( at the risk of contradicting myself ) to read meaning into this but at the end of the day, the credibility of the forth coming elections and more importantly, the provision of basic human services to ordinary Nigerians, will be the determining factor.

My 2 cents - a coward dies a thousand times before his death !

Kennedy, seems you have been idle. You need to check your facts before coming out to feed us with this trash. These service chiefs are long due for retirement.
So find something to do.