As the nation awaits the imminent announcement of the new Chief of Army Staff following the unfortunate death of Lt. Gen. Ibrahim Attahiru in an air mishap Friday night, the Ohanaeze Ndigbo Youth Council, OYC, has sent word to President Muhammadu Buhari warning him not to tinker with retiring the highest Igbo ranking officer in the Nigerian Army.
He added that “there are even emerging claims that Gen. Ahanotu is not presently acting as the Chief of Army Staff despite the fact that he is the highest ranking Army officer.
“If this is true, it should not be and it would send more danger signals to the already agitated youths of the Southeast. Buhari should for once unite this country.
“We want it to be on record and for the whole world to know about the continuous marginalization of Ndigbo in Nigeria,” he added.
The group further reinstated their stand that the Nigerian President of Igbo extraction in 2023 was non-negotiable.
Ahanotu, a member of regular course 35, was the commander of the military operation that captured the founder of Boko Haram, Mohammed Yusuf, and his followers at their hideout in Maiduguri in 2009.
