Why Didn’t Tinubu Sack DSS DG, Bichi Like Service Chief – Lawyers Query

Lawyers in Defence of Democracy, a group of legal practitioners, are asking for the dismissal of Yusuf Bichi, the Director General of State Services (DGSS).

They wonder why President Tinubu retained him while removing other Service Chiefs.

The group’s Convener, Kingdom Okere, voiced these concerns on Arise Television, cautioning that President Tinubu might be sending the wrong message to Nigerians by keeping Bichi in his role.

Okere said, “We are calling on President Tinubu to not allow the overzealousness of the DSS to tarnish his hard-earned reputation of believing in the rule of law, of believing in opposition politics and in his inaugural address, he promised Nigerians that he was going to obey the rule of law.

We now asked him, why are you still leaving this man in office? All other Service Chiefs have been removed. Why did you leave him? Probably because he participated in the whole politics of old and new Naira notes and attempted to initially frame Emefiele up by going to the Federal High Court to seek an exparte application.

“And of course, it is widely believed that he belongs to Tinubu’s camp and that is why the president is still leaving him in office.

“So, we are telling the president that this is not the right way to begin. Nobody is above the entire Federal Republic of Nigeria.

“Look for more competent hands and replace this person because ab initio, his appointment was a subject of controversy.

“We learned in the public domain that he had retired and former President Muhammadu Buhari in his characteristic manner of not following the law in making certain appointments like he appointed former CG of Customs, a retired Army colonel, also brought Bichi back to serve as DSS, an institution from which he had long retired as we learned in the media. So, we are telling the incumbent president to do things right.”