Bulama Bukarti, a security analyst, says Nigeria’s security problems cannot be solved by simply rotating service chiefs.
Bukarti spoke on Channels Television’s ‘Sunday Politics’ while reacting to President Bola Tinubu’s recent reshuffle of the military high command.
Last week, Tinubu relieved Christopher Musa of his position as the chief of defence staff (CDS) and appointed Olufemi Oluyede, the immediate past chief of army staff, as his replacement.
However, the security analyst acknowledged the competence of the new service chiefs but stressed that the solution lies in reforming the system, not merely changing personnel.
“All of the new service chiefs are eminently qualified when you look at their background in the military and their paper qualifications,” he said.
“We have been here many times and seen service chiefs change. The problem is that wherever you have leadership renewal without reforms, it just becomes rotation, and rotation alone is not going to solve our national security problem.