NEF member demands resignation of army chiefs over bombing of Kaduna villagers

Bayo Wahab 13:57 - 06 December 2023

Prof Usman Yusuf on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on December 5, 2023. [ChannelsTV]

Yusuf wonders why the military that ought to protect Nigerians against external threats has a hand in killing the people.

Prof Usman Yusuf, a Public Affairs Analyst and member of the Northern Elders Forum has called for the resignation of military top chiefs over the accidental bombing of the residents of Tudun Biri village in the Igabi Local Government Area of Kaduna State.

While speaking on Channels Television’s Politics Today programme on Tuesday, December 5, 2023, Yusuf described the incident as irresponsible.

He said that the military that ought to protect Nigerians against external threats was killing them.

Yusuf said when such an incident happens in other climes, top military chiefs would have tendered their resignation letters.

“They will all resign; everybody in the chain of command will be fired. The Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), everybody will go and the President will cut his trip and return home,” he said.

Yusuf added, “All of them should go — the CDS, the Chief of Army Staff, the GOC, the operatives, heads must roll.”

It would be recalled that in June, days after his inauguration, President Bola Tinubu appointed General Christopher Musa as the Chief of Defence Staff, and Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS).

Meanwhile, both army chiefs have visited the community to sympathise with the families of the deceased and injured ones in hospitals in Kaduna.

The two service chiefs expressed regrets and apologised to the people of the state, promising them that such an accident wouldn’t recur.