Tinubu sacks service chiefs, NSA, CG Customs, IGP, appoints Ribadu new NSA

•Appoints Ribadu as new NSA

•New service chiefs are Maj. Gen.C.G. Musa CDS; Maj. Gen. T.A. Lagbaja (Army); Admiral E. A Ogalla(Navy); AVM H.B Abubakar (Air Force)

•DIG Kayode Egbetokun, Acting IGP

By Egena Sunday Ode

President Bola Tinubu has sacked all the service chiefs and advisers as well as the Comptroller General of Customs and the Inspector General of the Police appointed by his predecessor, former President Muhammadu Buhari.
A statement from the Office of the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, SGF, which announced the sack on Monday also noted that the officers had been replaced by the President with immediate effect.
“President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, GCFR, has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect,” the statement signed by the Director of Information, Willie Bassey said.
The newly appointed officers, according to the statement were: Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (National Security Adviser); Maj. Gen. C.G Musa (Chief of Defence Staff);
Maj. T. A Lagbaja (Chief of Army Staff); Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla (Chief of Naval Staff); AVM H.B Abubakar (Chief of Air Staff); (DIG Kayode Egbetokun Acting Inspector-General of Police);
Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye (Chief of Defense Intelligence)
Other appointments, according to the statement were: Col. Adebisi Onasanya (Brigade of Guards Commander); Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf (7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja); Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa (177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State); Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim (102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger) and Lt. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote (176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja).
Similarly, the President approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa, including Maj. Isa Farouk Audu (Commanding Officer State House Artillery); Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (Second-in-Command, State House Artillery); Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence );
Maj. TS Adeola (Commanding Officer, State House Armament);
Lt. A. Aminu (Second-in-Command, State House Armament)
Other appointments approved by the President, the statement noted, included two additional special advisers, and two (2) senior assistants, namely, Hadiza Bala Usman (Special Adviser, Policy Coordination); Hannatu Musa Musawa (Special Adviser, Culture and Entertainment Economy); Sen. Abdullahi Abubakar Gumel (Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (Senate)); and Hon. (Barr) Olarewaju Kunle Ibrahim (Senior Special Assistant, National Assembly Matters (House of Representatives))
President Tinubu also approved the appointment of Adeniyi Bashir Adewale as the Ag. Comptroller General of Customs, the statement said.
“It is to be noted that the appointed Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and the Comptroller General of Customs are to act in their positions, pending their confirmation in accordance with the Constitution of the Federal Republic of Nigeria,” the statement noted.