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The chief of army staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, has said the sacking of the security chiefs would not offer a solution to the Boko Haram crisis in Nigeria.

Buratai, speaking in a special interview with The Cable and This Day/Arise in Lagos on Tuesday, February 11, said Nigerians do not need to pressure President Muhammadu Buhari into removing his service chiefs. The army chiefs stated that as commander in chief, the president knows where the problems are and he should be left to make the decisions. “I am tempted not to comment on this particular issue because I am directly involved. However, I want to believe that whatever happens, the commander-in-chief is the right arbiter, and he knows where it pinches, he knows where the problems are. I think the decision should be left to him. He should not be pushed or prompted in this regard,” he said. Buratai who stated that he was not questioning the wisdom of the national assembly, in demanding the sack of the service chiefs insisted that the removal of the service is not the solution to the insurgency issue. The army chief said the military had won the war against insurgency as Boko Haram militants do not control any territory in Nigeria.