‘Alleged’ letter from National Security Adviser Warning President Buhari’s Chief Of Staff, Abba Kyari, Over Interfering In Nigeria’s Security Matters is trending.
In the letter, Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno accused President Muhammadu Buhari’s Chief of Staff, Abba Kyari, of undue and dangerous interference on matters bordering on national security.
Consequently, Mr Monguno has fired a warning memo to all service chiefs to desist from taking further directives from Mr Kyari.
Mr Monguno said Mr Kyari’s directives to Service Chiefs were sometimes issued without the knowledge, much less approval of the President, a practice he said has added to the government’s inability to contain insecurity.
“Chief of staff to the President is not a presiding head of security, neither is he sworn to an oath of defending the country,” Mr Monguno, a retired major-general, said in the December 9, 2019, letter.
“As such, unprofessional practices such as presiding over meetings with service chiefs and heads of security organisations as well as ambassadors and high commissioners to the exclusion of the NSA and/or supervising ministers are a violation of the Constitution and directly undermine the authority of Mr President.
“Such acts and continuous meddlesomeness by chief of staff have not only ruptured our security and defence efforts, but have slowed down any meaningful gain that Mr President has sought to achieve.”
Note: We waited for a response from the Presidency, but they haven’t denied or confirmed it’s authencity.
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