Sheikh Gumi reveals 2 major reasons President Tinubu retired over 100 military Generals

Controversial Islamic Scholar, Sheikh Ahmad Gumi, has condemned the culture of retiring senior military chiefs at the beginning of a new democratic government since the return of democracy in 1999.

The renowned Kaduna-based Islamic scholar condemned the appointment of new service chiefs by President Bola Tinubu and the compulsory retirement of over 100 military commanders.

Gumi, a former military general, said it is not advisable to retire several military generals with lots of experience and training while revealing the economic implication of the practice.

The cleric said: "It is very unfortunate. It is a very sad development that we lose after training them. Some get their training abroad, with a lot of money to train them on a different kind of warfare."

Speaking on Daily Trust TV, the religious leader associated the problem with two major issues confronting the institution.

The problems are explained below:

According to Gumi, the appointment of service chiefs is being politicised, and the country is losing in finance and professionalism.

He said rather than looking for the professionalism of the retired generals, people now considered religion, ethnic affiliation and regions that the service chiefs were coming from, which were not supposed to be.

The cleric also noted that it was not in the tradition of senior military generals to remain in service when their junior ones were appointed service chiefs.

Being a former military general, Gumi said:

"The hierarchy in the army did not allow a junior officer to preside over his seniors. There will be a break in the chain of command, and that necessitates that they have to be retired."