Martin Luther Agwai, a retired general and
former chief of defence staff, lost his job as the chairman of the Subsidy
Reinvestment Programme (SURE-P) for talking about “change” at the 78th
birthday of former President Olusegun Obasanjo,
spokesman, who did not offer any official
reason. However, a source in the know of the development has said that Agwai
lost his job the day he appeared at Obasanjo’s birthday party in Abeokuta.
“General knew his job was over the moment he started getting calls from
senior government officials querying his use of the word ‘change’ in his
lecture at the birthday. They also questioned his fraternisation with
Obasanjo,” the source said. Agwai, 66, was appointed chief of army staff by
Obasanjo in 2003, and was elevated to the rank of full-star general and chief
of defence staff by in 2006. He retired in 2009. Not only is “change” the
slogan of the opposition party, the All Progressives Congress (APC), Agwai also
committed the “fatal” mistake of being seen in the company with Obasanjo, who
has been openly critical of President Goodluck Jonathan ahead of the 2015
elections. Agwai, we understands, is currently out of the country but he is
said be “unruffled” by the decision to sack him one year and one month after he
was appointed chairman of the intervention agency following the resignation of
Chris Kolade, the former chairman who quit suddenly. The former chief of army
staff was the deputy chairman until February 2014 when he was elevated to
replace Kolade.
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