Buhari not a leader, Nigeria has 17 security heads from North – Ohanaeze youths

Ohanaze Ndigbo Youths have knocked President Muhammadu Buhari over his
appointment of Yusuf Bichi as the Director-General of the Department
of State Services, DSS.

Their condemnation followed a similar reaction by the Christian
Association of Nigeria, CAN.

Bichi, a Kano indigene, replaced acting DG, Matthew Seiyefa of Bayelsa origin.

The youths, after their national executive meeting in Umuahia
yesterday, accused the President of nepotism, saying his appointments
have shown he was not a fair leader.

The group, in a communiqué by Acting National Leader, Kingsley Dozie,
National Secretary, Madubuike Uchenna and National Publicity
Secretary, Osmond Nkeoma, said: "We expect Nigeria to be a country
where all citizens, irrespective of their ethnicity, religion or
region would have equal access to public office.

"The sack of Mathew Seiyefa, a southerner and his replacement with
Yusuf Bichi, a northerner, clearly shows that President Muhammadu
Buhari is sectional and tribalistic in his leadership.

"This action is a continuation of the insensitivity of the President
Buhari government which is manifesting in most of the loop-sided
appointments he has made."

"The appointment of a person who has retired from service is in bad
fate, confusing and dangerous to the service and to the country as a
whole. This is because the DSS is supposed to be an internal mechanism
to protect the country against enemies, both foreign and domestic.

"And it's seen as a service where officers who are experienced and
competent are supposed to lead without minding their tribe, religion
or region but only efficiency, but when you bring someone who retired
to head the service it's improper.

"We don't have personal issues with any of them but we believe that
the idea of picking people in retirement to head a significant
intelligence service is not proper; we reject it entirely.

"We see these as a deliberate policy of ethnic-based political
domination, the President recalled a retired a Northerner to replace
Seiyefa Mathew, a southerner who is competent to head the DSS.

"We have 16 service chiefs from one part of the country and Mr.
President went ahead to replace Seiyefa from the South with a
Northerner which we see clearly as a negation of the spirit of
oneness.

"This shows that the unity of Nigeria means nothing to our President
and has shown with this action that he is for some people and against
everyone else."