Former Aviation Minister Osita Chidoka has accused former President Muhammadu Buhari of damaging Nigeria’s security architecture through nepotistic and uneven appointment of service heads.
Chidoka, a former Corps Marshall of the Federal Road Safety Corps, commented on Wednesday during a televised interview.
According to Chidoka, Nigeria’s major security breakdown was exacerbated during Buhari’s eight years in office, and the country will take many years to recover from the rubble.
He observed that the top echelons in the Police, Army, and Department of State Services are occupied by inept individuals in charge of the country’s security forces.
He said, “There is a massive breakdown of security in the country. It was worsened in the eight years when former President Mohammadu Buhari was in power because of his lopsided and nepotistic appointment of service chiefs.
“He destroyed the security agencies and I think it will take us many years to recover from the destruction.
“But beyond his era, if you go back in time, you will find that the major problem is that we have turned our security agencies into employment opportunities for the boys, our constituents, and friends.
“A look into the police budget will reveal that 90 percent is used for salary payment, while only about four or five percent is left for recruitment expenditure.
“This means that they have to find other ways of meeting up with their pressing needs. That has led to a broken down security, which is not peculiar to the South-East geo-political zone alone.”
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