Dino Melaye, former senator representing Kogi west, has described the ninth senate led by Ahmad Lawan as a department of the presidential villa after it confirmed the immediate past service chiefs as ambassadors.
The senators ignored two petitions to confirm the former service chiefs on Tuesday.
The former service chiefs are Abayomi Olonisakin, former chief of defence staff; Tukur Buratai, former chief of army staff; Ibok-Ete Ibas, former chief of naval staff, and Sadique Abubakar, former chief of air staff.
In a tweet on Wednesday, Melaye wondered why the upper legislative chamber would confirm the people it had previously called for their sacking as service chiefs.
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“Confirmation of service chief: shame on the Senate who just confirmed that the Nigerian Senate is a department of Aso Rock and the Presidency,” the former lawmaker tweeted.
“Confirming those you recommended for sack more than once for gross incompetence as ambassadors is a SHAME. SDM.”
Confirmation of service chief: shame on the Senate who just confirmed that the Nigerian Senate is a department of Aso Rock and the Presidency. Confirming those you recommended for sack morevthan once for gross incompetence as Ambassadors is a SHAME. SDM
Advertisement— Senator Dino Melaye. (SDM) (@_dinomelaye) February 24, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari appointed the ex-service chiefs as non-career ambassadors after they resigned from their previous positions.
Some Nigerians had expressed displeasure over the appointment on the grounds that the past service chiefs failed to quell the insurgency in the north-east and keep the country safe.
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