In recent weeks there has been a campaign by some people who claim that President Olusegun Obasanjo was discriminatory in the appointment of heads of security and safety agencies during his tenure. They claim that he did not appoint people from certain geo-political zones, ethnic groups or religions to head security or safety agencies during his tenure.

See previous threads here

Why Attack Buhari, All IGP During Obasanjo Tenure Were All Yorubas

History Of Chief Of Army Staff Appointments From 1999 Till Date


Their claim that President Olusegun Obasanjo was discriminatory in the appointment of heads of security and safety agencies during his tenure is obviously false. I believe that those that are making these claims are trying to justify President Buhari's appointments. They usually select just one position and use that as an example (no president can appoint people from every state, zone, religion or ethnic group into just one position), but their claim that President Obasanjo was selective or discriminatory is false and this will be shown by the list below.


I compiled a list of the people that President Obasanjo appointed to head such agencies, but I later deleted the list because I believe that people should be appointed based on merit rather than their state of origin, ethnicity or religion. However, these people have continued to make these false claims, so it's necessary to set the record straight. Here is the list.



Chief of Defence Staff

Admiral Ibrahim Ogohi (Kogi State, Muslim).

General Alexander Ogomudia (Delta State, Christian)

General Martin-Luther Agwai (Kaduna State, Christian)




Chief of Army Staff

Lieutenant General Victor Malu (Benue State, Christian)

Lieutenant General Alexander Ogomudia (Delta State, Christian)

Lieutenant General Martin-Luther Agwai (Kaduna State, Christian)

Lieutenant General Andrew Owoeye Azazi (Bayelsa State, Christian)



Chief of Naval Staff

Vice Admiral Victor Ombu (Bayelsa State, Christian)

Vice Admiral Samuel Afolayan (Kwara State, Christian)

Vice Admiral Ganiyu Adekeye (Kwara State, Muslim)



Chief of Air Staff

Air Marshal Isaac Alfa (Kogi State, Muslim)

Air Marshal Jonah Wuyep (Plateau State, Christian)

Air Marshal Paul Dike (Delta State, Christian)



Inspector General of Police

Musiliu Smith (Lagos State, Muslim)

Tafa Balogun (Osun State, Muslim)

Sunday Ehindero (Ondo State, Christian)


Chief of Defence Intelligence

Vice Admiral Joseph Ajayi (Kogi State, Christian)

Major General Abdulmalik Halidu-Giwa (Niger State, Muslim)




Comptroller General of Customs

Jacob Gyang Buba (Plateau State, Christian)



Comptroller General of Immigration

Lady Uzoamaka Nwizu (Imo State, Christian)

Chukwurah Joseph Udeh (Delta State, Christian)


Comptroller General of Prisons

Abraham Akpe (Benue State, Christian)

Okwara Uche Kalu (Imo State, Christian) (he was acting CG for a year)

Olusola Adigun Ogundipe


National Security Adviser

Rtd Lieutenant General Aliyu Mohammed Gusau (Zamfara State, Muslim)

Rtd Major General Abdullahi Sarki Mukhtar (Kano State, Muslim)


Director General of the SSS

Rtd Colonel Kayode Are (Ekiti State, Muslim)


Director General of the NIA

Ambassador Uche O. Okeke (Anambra State, Christian)




Chairman NDLEA

Iliya Lokadang (Plateau State, Christian)

Bello Lafiaji (Katsina State, Muslim)

Ahmadu Giade (Bauchi State, Muslim)



Chairman EFCC

Mallam Nuhu Ribadu (Adamawa State, Muslim)


Commandant General of the NSCDC

Dr Ade Abolurin (Ogun State, Christian)


Corps Marshall of the FRSC

Engr. Abba Kyari Wakilbe (Borno State, Muslim)

Major General Haladu Hananiya (Adamawa State, Christian)

Osita Chidoka (Anambra State, Christian)



Controller General of the Federal Fire Service


Fidelis Ogbogoh (Delta State, Christian)



Pictures below:

President Olusegun Obasanjo
General Martin-Luther Agwai, General Andrew Azazi and Air Chief Marshal Paul Dike
Mallam Nuhu Ribadu
Lady Uzoamaka Nwizu

Obasanjo is a very good politician
Not a good leader

There was a balance in the appointment compared to what we have now.
Kogi,Kwara,plateau,zamfara,benue,bornu were all represented,a balance was struck between Christians and muslims in the appointment.

Btw comparing Obasanjo and Buhari is an insult to Obasanjo.

When the south weere in power, we northerners never complained ooo

Now Buhari is in power, the south no wan make we hear word. You guys are all kafirs

Imagine?.while some people are busy crying and abusing Buhari to the extent of saying he should appoint an ipobian as his COAS.

Kano, Zamfara, Adamawa, North, East, South West all represented

UstazAhmed:
When the south weere in power, we northerners never complained ooo

Now Buhari is in power, the south no wan make we hear word. You guys are all kafirs

They are all Kafirs and should not even exist in Nigeria, I wonder how we can be sharing a country with infidels.

I suggest we issue a fatwa on all Christians AKA kafirs in Nigeria and eliminate them....

This what you get when you bath with cow urine all the time, arindin.....

Now it is northern Muslims all the way

-Lion

nepotism is buhari, buhari
is nepotism. OBJ is a fair minded leader but sheikh buhari is a tribal cum religious leader whose greatest undoing is his lack of functional capacity

Obasanjo is a lunatic bastard who want to be seen as Liberal decided to appoint none of his tribesmen as Chief of Army staff no wonder Yoruba didn't vote for the werey.

After his tenure we all see how subsequent Presidents appoint only their tribe as COAS + other top Agency Post

I miss this man

Toh

UstazAhmed:
When the south weere in power, we northerners never complained ooo

Now Buhari is in power, the south no wan make we hear word. You guys are all kafirs

Uwarka kafira
Hypocrite

Obasanjo tried to balance the equation,he even marginalised his own tribe.but my problem with southern leaders is that they are too daft and stupid,you will realise when they take power they wil still be marginalising their people by giving northerners strong positions,they are slave to the North always trying to please their slave masters

Obasanjo is a one-nigerian man who sorounded himself sound and intelligent team despite he himself being very sound.

He tries to get a good balance in his appointments, unlike the dull Buhari we have now, and he has sorounded himself with duller abokis in all sectors and even his cabinet.

Buhari has destroyed the economy completely, dollar is over 500 naira presently and petrol price is about to even be increased... Not all of NEPA or foodstuffs . . Where can we turn to?

We are still enjoying now ooo. .

I have been a strong Buhari advocate until the last 1 year is so. . This is worst I have seen.

You can accuse Obasanjo of a number of things, but definitely not tribalism or religious bigotry. So, what's this about?

PMB has failed

Again, BMC going into overdrive to defend Bubu's nepotism. This is crazy!

Naptu, is this not balanced compared to Buhari's?

I think Google and new dictionary should coin Buhari: meaning failure nepotism ethnicity

Seen

Though Baba OBJ had his flaws ooo but yet the flaws of OBJ is the best of PMB.... So sad , Buhari scammed Nigerians with his change agenda!.

UstazAhmed:
When the south weere in power, we northerners never complained ooo

Now Buhari is in power, the south no wan make we hear word. You guys are all kafirs

You are a mad dog known for unnecessary barking