Nigerian military reshuffle amid serious security concerns
By Guardian Exclusive
28 January 2021 |
11:05 am
Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari has, finally, replaced the long-serving military chiefs long after critics and groups called for their sack owing to their inability to curb the growing insecurity in the country.
The Guardian’s Senior Security Correspondent, Sunday Odita gives his take on the “highly long overdue” changes in this chat with Adetoke ‘Laolu-Ogunranti.
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