A human rights activist, Deji Adeyanju, has called on President Bola Tinubu to reshuffle his cabinet.
Specifically, Adeyanju said the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru and the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, should both be redeployed to another sector.
Speaking during an interview with Punch, Adeyanju said he never agreed with the choice of the two men for the defence sector because they have no previous experience in the area, and the recent challenges of insecurity have proven him right.
Adeyanju added that President Tinubu should put someone more conversant with internal security in charge of the defence sector.
Asked about his take on calls for a cabinet reshuffle with particular reference to the Ministry of Defence, Adeyanju said: “I condemned the choice of Abubakar Badaru and Bello Matawalle as Minister of Defence and Minister of State for Defence respectively. My reason was that they had no previous experience of that turf and we have been proven right. I believe that the President should redeploy them and put someone who is more conversant with the internal security of the country in charge.”
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