Presidency says the appointment or removal of service chiefs is presidential prerogative.
Buhari was reacting to Senate’s Tuesday resolution asking the service chiefs to step aside following the incessant killing of soldiers fighting insurgents and bandits in some parts of the North.
The Senate’s resolution followed a motion by Senator Ali Ndume (APC, Borno).
But presidential media aide, Femi Adesina, in a statement, said President Muhammadu Buhari would do what is in the best interest of the country at all times.
The statement titled ‘Service Chiefs: Position of Presidency on Resolution by the Senate’ read, “The Senate Tuesday adopted a resolution calling on the Service Chiefs to resign or be sacked due to the multi-pronged security challenges in the country.
“The Presidency notes the resolution, and reiterates that appointment or sack of Service Chiefs is a Presidential prerogative, and President Muhammadu Buhari, in his capacity as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, will do what is in the best interest of the country at all times.”