Politics Falana: Service Chiefs Answerable to Defence Minister -This Day

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A human rights lawyer, Mr. Femi Falana (SAN), has said the 1999 Constitution and the Armed Forces Act place the Minister of Defence, General Mohammed Gusau, above the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) and all the service chiefs.

Falana, consequently, explained that the service chiefs “are answerable to the defence minister pursuant to sections 5(1), 147, and 148(1) of the 1999 Constitution and sections 9, 12 and 15 of the Armed Forces Act.

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