COAS, IG, others ought to resign — Agbakoba

Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Olisa Agbakoba, has mentioned the nation’s service chiefs, together with the Chairman of the Financial and Monetary Crimes Fee, Abdulrasheed Bawa, ought to resign from their positions.

He mentioned their resignation had change into crucial to make sure that Bola Tinubu’s administration succeeds in its conflict towards insecurity and corruption.

Agbakoba, who made the decision in an interview on Come up TV’s The Morning Present on Wednesday, mentioned the safety companies want new management to make sure they perform optimally in tackling insecurity and corruption.

Talking on what Tinubu ought to do to place the nation heading in the right direction, Agbakoba mentioned, “Lots is predicted of him and listed below are a few issues I’d say. Nationwide unity; the nation is so divided that nothing can occur with out President Tinubu making an enormous try to unite Nigerians.

“I’d recommend that he can name a gathering of the sub-nationalities of Nigeria. The Afeniferes, the Ohanezes; as a result of these guys have a really sturdy maintain on their ethnic nationalities. If that occurs and it’s profitable, that then pushes the best way ahead for him to unleash a few large packages.

“One can be insecurity. I’d say all service chiefs ought to honourably resign. All of them together with the IG of police as a result of they’ve not executed properly. President Tinubu can’t go on with these service chiefs. We have to create a brand new safety infrastructure.”

On EFCC and Bawa, the authorized luminary mentioned, “The anti-corruption course of is just not working. I’ve challenged the constitutionality of the EFCC. EFCC is a behemoth. EFCC must be dismantled, Mr. Bawa must go as a result of what he’s doing isn’t attracting folks’s confidence. He’s all the time in battle with all people. Now he’s battling Matawalle. That’s no option to combat corruption.

“So we have to see Mr. Bawa step apart honourably. In order that the anti-corruption course of could be seen to be genuinely fought by the president with none equivocation.

“All the blokes who took half within the outdated authorities ought to honourably step down. He wants new folks.”