Reasons why Buhari sacked former NSCDC boss

Fresh reasons has emerged why President Muhammadu Buhari sacked the former National Security and Civil Defence Corps, Dr Ade Abolurin. Competent source said the alleged ethinicisation of the corps and multiple corruption that ravaged the corps was one of the core reasons why he the "Oga at the TOP" was kicked out of service he refused to retire since last year when his tenure expired.  Former President Olusegun Obasanjo appointed his Ogun State man to head the corps despite the fact he has no initial training patterning security issues in 2005.He was due for retirement since two years ago on four-year tenure but Jonathan allowed him for five-year tenure without official tenure extension. Buhari had on winning election, walked him out of his house when Abolurin wnet to felicitate with the president-elect.

 President Muhammadu Buhari had earlier on snubbed Abulorin on the latter's visit to him after winning the election. But presidency dismissed as fictional and uncharitable,  adding that there was no time the president walked some government officials out of his residence in Daura, Katsina State.

According to the statement, no such incident took place on April 15 as reported by some social media. “It was a false and an inaccurate presentation of the facts of what transpired when some government officials visited the President-elect at his country home. “It is totally out of General Buhari’s character to ask his visitors out’’, Sani said.

On another reported incident involving Mr Ade Abolurin, the Commandant-General of the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps, the statement said the President-elect was already in another meeting when Abolurin visited.

“There was no way the President-elect could receive the new visitors. He was merely passing through the town and thought to stop by. “As a matter of fact, words were promptly sent to the gentleman and his delegation that General Buhari was unable to meet them owing to the fact that he was at an ongoing meeting preceding the time of their arrival.

“The president-elect welcomes positive suggestions from every Nigerian about how to bring progressive change to the country. “He will not walk anyone who had come to discuss ways of developing the country.  “Courtesy and civility will not permit that to happen. It is equally not his character.

“It is, therefore, important to put the records straight that the President-elect will be a President for all Nigerians irrespective of whether anyone currently holds a public office or not,” the statement said.

Abolurin is said to be trying to meet the president to cover some of the rots in his office.

Our Correspondent gathered that Abolurin was sacked following the crisis of confidence that was brewing at the headquarters of the National Security and Civil Defence Corps, NSCDC, and that of Ministry of Interior due to alleged unofficial promotion of officers as against the due process used in every Para-military agency and Civil Service Commission.Our source hinted that Northern hawks in the NSCDC had immediately Buhari won election told him of the rot going on in the corps and urged him to sack the former NSCDC boss. Also gathered was his strong ethnic bias in the corps.

An unsettled staffs who declined to make their names public because of being intimidated by the organisation revealed that the current promotion going on at the NSCDC is rocking the Corps; alleging that some of the officers who felt aggrieved are petitioning the office of the Head of Service and has restrained to do so because the present government is yet to settle down to office.

According to the officers, without due process, over 200 officers, who are loyalists to the Commandant General of the NSCDC, Abolurin were specially promoted even when academically they are unqualified.

The officers said when they took the case to the former President Goodluck Jonathan’s administration, in their petition to the presidency, Dr Ade Abolurin was asked to submit the promotion list of his officers. Newswatch Times gathered that the NSCDC boss quickly rushed the entire corps through promotion examinations with the bid to implant his secret list into the examination list.

However, after the general promotion examinations, one thing allegedly led to another and the lists were substituted with the general list on the computers.  Those who scale true were those said to be closer to the Commandant General and other officers’ names were short-changed.

According to the officers, some of the civil servants in the board were angry with the whole process and are giving out information on this. Mostly officers who were listed for retirement since four years ago were re-absorbed and their names were implanted before promoting them to another level.

Favourite staffs and officers who are on  levels 03' and 04  were favoured to be going on foreign course and further studies, while more and better productive officers who should go for these courses are left to rot.

“Courses that are offered in Nigerian universities are ignored and his loyalists are sent abroad with pay to read those courses”, the officers cried out.

It was gathered that some of the loyalists closed to the boss, were sent to Geneva as permanent representatives for NSCDC without due process.  The aggrieved officers claimed that junior officers were asked to pay over N20, 000 for promotion.

“Now in NHQ his loyalists are collecting over N200, 000 to promote senior officers to commandant cadres”, the officers further lamented.   In the Lagos State Command of NSCDC, it was gathered that no superintendent Cadre was promoted and all its slots were given to Ogun State Command, where Commandant General’s loyalists abound.

The two or three officers who got promoted in Lagos Command didn't get it from Lagos command but their names appeared in other commands where they are not serving.

“Let President Buhari cancel the whole promotion because it is filled with fraudulent acts, which are one of the things unfortunate officers and men have been suffering under this man since 11 years, he ruled this corps”.

“He has more than 16 Commandants and more than 50 Deputy Commandants in his home state, while in other states it is greatly few or nothing. He has refused to recognise federal character or quota system. As I'm talking to you now, he is still in our Board messing everything about the promotion exams and conversion inspectorate cadre superintendent”.

According to the aggrieved officers, when the Board of interior asked for all its agencies to submit their nominal rolls for scrutiny before the promotion exams, prison services, immigration services and fire services submitted theirs but our NSCDC BOSS purposely delayed submitting the nominal roll of our organisation because of his ulterior motives for almost eight months.

Even when he finally submitted it there were lots of hidden agenda. In the list he submitted, DC rank (deputy commandant ranks) has only 28 vacancies for example, while commandant has about 40 vacancies and others.

“But Oga on top prevailed on the board directors and the DC ranks vacancy came out with 50 people more than that, then where did these vacancies come from?”, our source queried.

 Most of these ranks are assigned to people from a particular state and tribe, mainly from Ogun State. The Assistant commandant General Administration (ACG Admin) of NSCDC by name Isimi, her Personal Assistant, Board directors’ Personal Assistant, etc are all in this rank racketeering deal under the watchful eyes of Commandant General of the corps, who does things with impunity.  Daily Signpost gathered that junior ranks allegedly pay Isimi to buy ranks from her.   “The ‘Oga on top’ has been given letter to proceed to on indefinite leave which starts by this month end and he is not happy about it, and as such, he is bastardising everything in this organisation and also incriminating willing tools so that he alone will not go down”, our source further stated.

“He has lined up scores of those who will protect him as long as President Muhammadu Buhari stays in office till he quits office. From deputy commandant (DC) rank (level 14) to commandant rank is a hot cake sale at the national headquarters of this ‘oga on top’ organisation”.

It was equally learned that as at last month, it was between N250, 000 to N300, 000.

“But as I'm talking to you now, these ranks have gone up to N450, 000 while commandant ranks sell beyond N1000, 000. Intelligence report has it that ‘Oga on top’ bought the ranks at wholesale price from the board of directors of the Interior Ministry and retails to low price to his preferred staff members while selling to those who are not in his kitchen cabinet at cut throat prices.

“Is this the change we voted for, Mr. PMB? Are you letting this fraud go scot free? A lot of Board staffs of the Ministry are ready with a lot of information on this and ready to testify if prevailed on. From the way this ‘Oga on top’ is carrying on, he doesn't care if this organisation goes down”, a senior staff quipped.

It was discovered that dead people’s names appeared in the nominal roll and promotion list, just conducted recently.  According to the protesting officers, Abudorin boasted last month in his chapel that nobody born of a woman can cancel the promotion examination and the special promotion that he has conducted and signed. Meanwhile, He’s still doing his rank deal business.