{"id":1196,"date":"2021-12-13T20:17:22","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:17:22","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/coastaltimes557122118.wordpress.com\/?p=1196"},"modified":"2021-12-13T20:17:22","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T19:17:22","slug":"breaking-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-irabor-sacks-50-army-generals-over-rising-rate-of-insecurity","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/breaking-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-irabor-sacks-50-army-generals-over-rising-rate-of-insecurity\/","title":{"rendered":"BREAKING: Chief Of Defence Staff Gen Irabor Sacks 50 Army Generals Over Rising Rate Of Insecurity"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><strong>Coastal News <\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img data-recalc-dims=\"1\" loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"640\" height=\"460\" data-attachment-id=\"1194\" data-permalink=\"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2021\/12\/13\/breaking-chief-of-defence-staff-gen-irabor-sacks-50-army-generals-over-rising-rate-of-insecurity\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1\/\" data-orig-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C736&amp;ssl=1\" data-orig-size=\"1024,736\" data-comments-opened=\"1\" data-image-meta=\"{&quot;aperture&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;credit&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;camera&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;caption&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;created_timestamp&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;copyright&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;focal_length&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;iso&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;shutter_speed&quot;:&quot;0&quot;,&quot;title&quot;:&quot;&quot;,&quot;orientation&quot;:&quot;0&quot;}\" data-image-title=\"C4sQuRXK-1024&amp;#215;736-1.jpeg\" data-image-description=\"\" data-image-caption=\"\" data-large-file=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1.jpeg?fit=640%2C460&amp;ssl=1\" src=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1.jpeg?resize=640%2C460&#038;ssl=1\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-1194\" srcset=\"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1.jpeg?w=1024&amp;ssl=1 1024w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1.jpeg?resize=300%2C216&amp;ssl=1 300w, https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1.jpeg?resize=768%2C552&amp;ssl=1 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),&nbsp;General Leo Irabor&nbsp;has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian military to tender their resignation with immediate effect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>They cut across the Air Force, Army and Navy; around 25 of the senior officers are in the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>An impeccable source told&nbsp;DAILY POST&nbsp;that Irabor gave the directive at the Defence Headquarters in Abuja on Monday.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>At a 2pm meeting, the CDS thanked them for their service and told all present that it was high time they left office.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>But the Course 36 Generals still have more than three years before their retirement.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>\u201cThey are about 50; 2 of them in the Army will retire in 2022, while the rest have about 3 and half years left in service\u201d,&nbsp;the source revealed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Another source wondered why the Armed Forces are eager to ease out scores of capable and experienced hands at a time the country is battling insecurity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong>Source: Openlife.ng<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Coastal News Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),&nbsp;General Leo Irabor&nbsp;has ordered 50 Generals in the Nigerian&#8230;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":1195,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":"","jetpack_publicize_message":"","jetpack_publicize_feature_enabled":true,"jetpack_social_post_already_shared":false,"jetpack_social_options":{"image_generator_settings":{"template":"highway","default_image_id":0,"font":"","enabled":false},"version":2},"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false},"categories":[12],"tags":[292],"class_list":["post-1196","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-insecurity","tag-nigerian-army"],"jetpack_publicize_connections":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/i0.wp.com\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/12\/c4squrxk-1024x736-1-1.jpeg?fit=1024%2C736&ssl=1","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_likes_enabled":true,"jetpack-related-posts":[{"id":3252,"url":"https:\/\/coastaltimes.com.ng\/index.php\/2024\/11\/15\/pap-administrator-dr-dennis-otuaro-condoles-with-president-tinubu-ribadu-ministers-defence-chiefs-over-death-of-chief-of-army-staff-lt-gen-taoreed-lagbaja\/","url_meta":{"origin":1196,"position":0},"title":"PAP Administrator, Dr Dennis Otuaro Condoles With President Tinubu, Ribadu, Ministers, Defence Chiefs Over Death Of Chief Of Army Staff, Lt Gen Taoreed Lagbaja","author":"Freeborn Abraye","date":"November 15, 2024","format":false,"excerpt":"By Freeborn Abraye The Administrator of the Presidential Amnesty Programme, Dr Dennis Otuaro, has commiserated with President Bola Tinubu on the passing of the Chief of Army Staff, Lt. 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