Fayose hails Buhari for appointing Ekiti man as CDS

Ekiti State Governor, Ayodele Fayose, has congratulated the newly appointed Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin, describing his appointment as merited and well deserved.

The governor thanked President Mohammadu Buhari for finding an Ekitiman worthy of appointment as the CDS for the first time in the history of Nigeria.

The governor in a press release issued by his Chief Press Secretary, Idowu Adelusi, said the honour done Ekiti with the appointment would not be misplaced, adding that he was confident that Olonishakin would exhibit the courage, intelligence, honesty and hard-work that Ekiti people were noted for in the discharge of his duties.

“At this crucial time in the existence of Nigeria as a nation, I have no doubt that Major General Olonishakin will justify his appointment by making our country safe again.

“I therefore pray that God will continue to give him the strength and wisdom to give his best at all times,” the governor said.

Fayose hails Buhari for appointing Ekiti man as CDS

CDS playing public relations with Chibok girls – Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has chided the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh for engaging in public relations at the expense of the emotional stability of the parents of the abducted Chibok girls.

Speaking on television Wednesday night, President Obasanjo dismissed reports that he was launching a solitary mission to rescue the abducted Chibok girls noting that he could not have engaged on the mission without the consent of the presidency.

He spoke against the background of reports by some national newspapers (not Vanguard) two days ago.

Obasanjo who spoke in an interview with Channels television in response to a question on the comment by Badeh that the military knows where the abducted girls are, said:

“The military has got a lot of hard knocks particularly on the issue of Boko Haram and particularly the issue of the abducted girls made the military to try a little bit of public relations, maybe.”

“But this is not an issue that you will do propaganda with. It is a serious issue, it is like spear in the heart of the parents and whatever statement we make and whatever action that we take, if we cannot really deal with the issue in a way that would bring those girls safe and secure and make their families happy and will also give every Nigerian a sense of security, then such statements should not be made.”

He said that he would be pleasantly surprised if the girls are still in one place

On the intentions of the group, he said: “They have been in existence for years. When I went to Maiduguri and I asked them, how long have you been in existence, they said they were in existence even when I was in government.”

“They said that their objective is sharia and when I was in government, I was going with governance and I didn’t disturb their sharia because sharia is part of our constitution.”

 

CDS playing public relations with Chibok girls – Obasanjo