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Nigerian President Bola Tinubu appointed new army and security chiefs. Reshuffling the security apparatus after a change of president is common practice in Nigeria.
Nigerian President Bola Tinubu appointed new army and security chiefs. Reshuffling the security apparatus after a change of president is common practice in Nigeria. On the day of his inauguration, President Tinubu promised to make security his “top priority” as Africa’s largest economy faces a 14-year-old jihadist insurgency in the north-east, violence by criminal groups against a backdrop of communal tensions in the center and north-west, and separatist unrest in the south-east.
Tinubu made the appointments after dismissing all the chiefs and advisers of the military services, as well as the head of the national police and the head of the customs service. The most notable appointments were General C.G. Musa, previously in charge of the fight against the jihadist insurgency, as the new Chief of Army Staff, and Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, a former anti-corruption official, as National Security Adviser.
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Tinubu has taken a series of strategic measures, particularly on the economic front, with a decision on his first day to end fuel subsidies. Last week, he also dismissed the head of the country’s central bank, Godwin Emefiele, who has since been arrested. He has also appointed a new anti-corruption chief.
