The president’s decision is based on a careful review of “the ongoing military operations across the country.” President Muhammadu Buhari has approved the extension of the tenure of the nation’s defence and service chiefs after a review of military operations.According to the announcement made by the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali’s Public Relations Officer, Colonel Tukur Gusau, on Monday, December 18, 2017, the president’s decision is based on a careful review of “the ongoing military operations across the country.” While the announcement failed to specify the duration of the extension, it means that the Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Gabriel Olonishakin; Chief of Army Staff ; Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ibik–Eke Ibns; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar will continue in office.
