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A new report has it that President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is considering appointing Major Hamza Al-Mustapha (rtd) as Commandant General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps (NSCDC).
Why Tinubu may appoint Al-Mustapha
The Guardian confirmed the development on Monday, October 16, and disclosed that the nomination of the former Chief Security Officer (CSO) to the late Head of State, General Sani Abacha, was in line with Tinubu’s resolve to reposition the security architecture.
Al-Mustapha, the presidential candidate of Action Alliance (AA), had deplored the security situation in the country, particularly when former President Muhammadu Buhari held sway.
While delivering a keynote address at a roundtable on “Contemporary security challenges and their effects on 2023 general election”, he had warmed that Nigeria was sitting on a keg of gunpowder owing to pervasive arms and hard drugs in circulation…