CUPP Goes To Court To Remove Service Chiefs

The Coalition of United Political Parties, CUPP said on Tuesday that it had dragged President Muhammadu Buhari and the country’s service chiefs to court to remove them from office after the expiration of their tenure in office.

CUPP spokesman, Ikenga Imo Ugochinyere who briefed the press in Abuja on Tuesday said that it had become clear that the continued stay in office of the service chiefs was not just a violation of their tenure but a threat to the continued security of the country.

He said the group had thus gone to court to demand the removal of the service chiefs and to stop the president from extending their tenure.

He said that the service chiefs who were due to have retired three years ago have been kept in office to the disadvantage of collective morale.

He said:

It is to forestall the impending danger that the Opposition Coalition CUPP has filed a law suit at the Federal High Court seeking among other things:

1.    A DECLARATION that the Service Chiefs have attained the mandatory retirement ages of 60 years or 35 years of service and therefore due for retirement.

2.    A DECLARATION that the Service Chiefs having attained the mandatory retirement age of 60 years or 35 years of service in the Nigerian Armed Forces CANNOT lawfully have their services extended by the President or continue to perform any duty pertaining to their respective offices in the Armed Forces of the Federation.

3.    A DECLARATION that upon the attainment of the mandatory retirement age of 60 years or 35 years of service in the Armed Forces of the Federation, the Service Chiefs CANNOT be deemed or taken to be serving members of the Armed Forces of the Federation and therefore cannot lawfully remain in service.

4.    A DECLARATION that the Service Chiefs are due for statutory retirement upon their respective attainment of 60 years or 35 years of service in the Armed Forces of the Federation and ought to immediately proceed on one month pre-retirement leave and stop further performance of duty forthwith.

5.    AN ORDER OF COURT directing and compelling the President to direct the Service Chiefs to immediately proceed on one month pre-retirement leave forthwith.

        ALTERNATIVELY

AN ORDER OF COURT directing and compelling the Service Chiefs to forthwith stop performing any duties or exercising any powers of the offices of Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff and Chief of Naval Staff of the Armed Forces of the Federation respectively.

6.    AN ORDER of Perpetual Injunction restraining the President from further re-appointing or in any other manner extending the services of the Service Chiefs in the Armed Forces of the Federation.

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