President Goodluck Jonathan on Friday sacked the Defence Minister, Dr. Haliru Bello; and the National Security Adviser, Gen. Owoye Azazi.
The decision to sack the two former government officials over the growing level of insecurity in the country was taken less than two hours after the President returned from Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, where he attended the just-concluded United Nations Summit on Sustainable Development.
Azazi, whose tenure has been characterised by increase in violent attacks by the fundamental Islamic sect, Boko Haram, would be replaced by SAMBO DASUKI , a retired colonel of the Nigerian Army and former ADC to ex – military dictator, Gen. Ibrahim Babangida.