A reliable source has revealed to us that the president-elect, Muhammadu Buhari is planning to shake-up the Nigerian military once he is sworn in as president. This reshuffle is due to the alarming rate of corruption in the military.
Sources say that Muhammadu Buhari on assumption of office is set to cause a massive shake-up of the military.
There will be a “mass retirement” of senior officers who are believed to have corruptly enriched themselves or “who abandoned professionalism for politics”, a source reportedly said.
“The military has been politicised and bastardised in the last few years. Corruption has reached unprecedented levels with the oil theft in the Niger Delta and haphazard anti-terror war.
“Nobody can say sincerely that the leadership of the military has lived up to expectations. We need a professional military. We cannot be relying on neighbouring countries to be bailing us out of our internal issues. Buhari will transform the military to an institution of pride for all Nigerians again.”
It is believed that a small group has been set up quietly to work out the modalities for the shake-up and scout possible replacements for those to be weeded out.
Most likely to be affected are officers who allegedly mismanaged funds meant for military operations, those who colluded with crude oil thieves and those who engaged in political activities in breach of their professional duties.