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Dantata Comments On Tinubu’s Sack of Service Chiefs.
A security expert, Salihu Dantata, has thrown his weight behind President Bola Tinubu over his recent reshuffle of the Service Chiefs.
Speaking during an interview on Arise Television monitored by DAILY POST on Friday, Dantata stated that President Tinubu, as the Commander-in-Chief, has the constitutional power to relieve any Service Chiefs of their duties.
He was reacting to the reshuffle of the Service Chiefs by President Tinubu on Friday.
DAILY POST reports that the President made changes in the hierarchy of the Service Chiefs in furtherance of the Federal Government’s efforts to strengthen the national security architecture.
Reacting, Dantata said, “In the first place, no one expected it. It came as a surprise.
“Then going beyond that, Mr. President Tinubu is the Commander-in-Chief and, at any time, he has the constitutional right to relieve any Service Chiefs of their duties.
“World over, this is the practice. Once you appoint Service Chiefs, particularly when you are facing insecurity, if you are not getting the results they were appointed for, you relieve them and put new ones in.”
The All Progressives Congress, APC, has announced the postponement of its State, Local Government and Ward congresses in Adamawa State.
The decision was conveyed in a letter dated February 17, 2026, and addressed to the Chairman of the Independent National Electoral Commission, INEC.
The letter, signed by the party’s National Chairman, Prof. Nentawe Yilwatda, and National Secretary, Ajibola Basiru, stated that a new date for the congresses would be communicated later.
“We write to inform you of the postponement of the State, Local Government and Ward Congresses for Adamawa State. A new date will be communicated to you in due course. Thank you and please accept the assurances of our highest regards,” the letter read.
It was gathered that the postponement is aimed at allowing Governor Ahmadu Umaru Fintiri to complete a planned defection from the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, to the APC ahead of the congresses.
The chairmanship candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, in Bwari Area Council, Julius Adamu, has stepped down for his All Progressives Congress, APC, counterpart, Joshua Ishaku Musa.
This is ahead of that February 21 Federal Capital Territory, FCT, area council polls.
The development is reportedly connected to the intervention of the FCT Minister Nyesom Wike
DAILY POST reports that the FCT Area Councils polls is scheduled for February 21, 2026.
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