As Nigerians anticipate who is going to be the next chief of army staff, following the death of Ibrahim Attahiru, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led administration not to tinker with retiring the highest Igbo ranking officer in the Nigerian Army.
Dailyreportng gathered that Major General Ben Ahanotu, from Anambra State, is the second in command to the late Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru.
He is currently the Chief of Policy and Plan of the Nigerian Army.
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In a statement by OYC President-General, Mazi Okwu Nnabuike he said Ndigbo had suffered enough injustice in the hand of the Buhari Government.
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He added that “there are even emerging claims that Gen. Ahanotu is not presently acting as the Chief of Army Staff despite the fact that he is the highest ranking Army officer.
“If this is true, it should not be and it would send more danger signals to the already agitated youths of the Southeast. Buhari should for once unite this country.
“We cannot understand a situation where no Igbo man sits in the Security Council meeting, it does not augur well for the country.”
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“We want it to be on record and for the whole world to know about the continuous marginalization of Ndigbo in Nigeria,” he added.
