The Nigeria Senate on Tuesday asked the service chiefs to step aside following the killings of Nigerian soldiers who were at the war front with insurgency and banditry in some part of Northern Nigeria.
The motion was proposed on the Senate Floor via a point of order, moved by the Chairman of the Senate Committee on Army, Senator Ali Ndume.
Senators who contributed the motion lamented the implication of the disturbing development, stressing that it will hinder the progress of the war against insurgency.
They added that many members of the armed forces who were scared of losing their lives have started resigning from the military.
The Vice-Chairman of the Senate Committee on Customs, Senator Ayo Fadahunsi, proposed an additional prayer that bring out the stepping aside of the service chiefs and his prayer was seconded by Senator Betty Apiafi.
The Senate President, Ahmed Lawan, ruled on the prayer and it was joyously supported by all the senators in attendance.
The Senate, then asked the service chiefs to step aside so that President Muhammadu Buhari to appoint new service chiefs with fresh ideas.
The joint committee on Defence, Army, Air Force, Police, and Interior were also mandated to receive briefings from the new service chiefs and the Minister of Interior on the disturbing development.
