Presidency To Nigerians:‘Blame Crisis On Libya, Proliferation Of Arms, Not Service Chiefs’

By Bimbo Ogunnaike

The Senior Special Assistant to President Muhammadu Buhari on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu,has asked Nigerians not to blame Service Chiefs for the prolonged Boko Haram insurgency.

The comment follows calls for the President to sack the security chiefs for their failure to put an end to Boko Haram insurgency in the country.

Shehu, who said this on NTA’s ‘Good Morning Nigeria’ programme on Monday, noted that challenges in the war against Boko Haram is caused by the Libyan crisis and proliferation of small arms from the country.

He said that the Nigerian military deserves commendation and support from citizens.

“Our Armed Forces are doing an enormously good job, they are not sitting on their laurels but the challenges have mounted because of factors extraneous to the region and Nigerians should have an appreciation and be sympathetic and see that all of the things about the collapse of Libya is no fairytale,”Shehu said.