There were indications that the President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Assembly were on a collision course over the confirmation of the appointment of the new service chiefs.
The Chairman of the House of Representatives Committee on Media and Public Affairs, Benjamin Kalu in Abuja, said the President must send names of the new service chiefs to the National Assembly for confirmation.
Kalu said the new service chiefs would be on acting capacities until their confirmation by the National Assembly.
It was erlier reported that the appointment of the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Lucky Irabor; the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Ibrahim Attahiru; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral A.Z Gambo, and the Chief of Air Staff, Air-Vice Marshal Isiaka Amao, violated a 2013 judgment of a Federal High Court, Abuja.
According to the report, the judgment, which was delivered by Justice Adamu Bello on July 2, 2013, made it mandatory for the President to obtain the confirmation of the National Assembly for the appointment of the service chiefs.
The report added that Buhari had no intention of sending the names of the service chiefs to the National Assembly for confirmation.
