By Monsurat Abisoye
The former Coordinator of Defence Media Operations, Major General John Enenche (retd.), has countered calls for the removal of Nigeria’s service chiefs amid rising cases of banditry and terrorism across the country.
His position comes in response to a recent call by the General Overseer of the Redeemed Christian Church of God (RCCG), Pastor Enoch Adeboye, who urged President Bola Tinubu to direct the nation’s security chiefs to either eliminate terrorists or resign.
Speaking in an interview with Arise TV on Tuesday, Enenche argued that frequent changes in military leadership would not resolve the country’s long-standing security challenges.
He said, “So, we have it, and that is why I’m happy because people may be thinking the service chiefs are not working. I can tell you, if you change service chiefs every six months, every one year, it is not the solution at all.”
Enenche emphasised the need for a more serious and sustained national approach to security, stressing that all stakeholders must take the issue with urgency.
“I don’t joke with security at all. And I encourage every other person to do that. So, what we are doing is that we must, as a matter of fact, take it seriously,” he said.
He further warned that failure to address insecurity decisively would allow the crisis to persist across successive administrations.
“It is not beyond what we should do, because if we don’t act now, it will continue and be rolling over. They will say from this administration to another, and that must stop,” he added.