Kuje Prison Attack: Sack Magashi, Service Chiefs Now, Ohanaeze Tells Buhari

The leadership of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to sack the Minister of Defence, Bashir Salihi Magashi, and service chiefs over the attack on Kuje Medium Correctional Center in the Federal Capital Territory (FCT).

Ohanaeze asked the President to dismiss the minister and service chiefs and make fresh appointments where the three major regions will be represented.

The group was reacting to the invasion of the Kuje Medium Correctional Center in Abuja by the Islamic State West Africa Province (ISWAP) terrorists on Tuesday night.

The terrorists with the aid of explosive devices gained entrance into the facility and released a total of 879 inmates including 70 Boko Haram members.

Secretary-General of Ohanaeze Ndigbo Worldwide, Mazi Okechukwu Isiguzoro, in a statement issued on Thursday described the attack on the prison facility as a national disaster and a shame to the nation’s security operatives.

The group charged the president to stop one-sided appointments, which it noted, had continued to cause more harm to the lives and property of the citizens.

“If that is not done, Nigerians will continue to live in fear until something good is done by Mr President who has chosen to be adamant and has continued to appoint service chiefs from one side of the nation.

“So we wish to condemn and express our condolences to the families of those who lost their loved ones in the Kuje prison attack by suspected members of Boko Haram insurgency.

“Also, we also wish to use this opportunity to call on President Muhammadu to do the needful by dismissing the service chiefs including the Minister of Defence, and make fresh appointments where the three major regions will be represented,” the statement reads.