President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has approved the immediate retirement of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, Comptroller-General of Customs from Service as well as their replacements with immediate effect.
The president has however appointed new Service Chiefs and new Inspector-General of Police and others.
This was contained in a statement issued by Willie Bassey, Director, Information, for Secretary to the Government of the Federation.
Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor, a general, led the service chiefs and heads of security agencies to the meeting on Thursday, Daily Trust reports.
The retired service chiefs are the Chief of Defence Staff, Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Farouk Yahaya; the Chief of Naval Staff, Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Isiaka Amao; and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali.
Meanwhile, the new service chiefs are;
1. Nuhu Ribadu – National Security Adviser
2. C.G Musa – Chief of Defence Staff
3. T. A Lagbaja – Chief of Army Staff
4. E. A Ogalla – Chief of Naval Staff
5. H.B Abubakar – Chief of Air Staff
