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1st LD: Nigerian president fires military chiefs: spokesman

Xinhua, July 13, 2015 Adjust font size:

Nigerian President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday fired military chiefs, a move obviously made to re- position the military in fight against Boko Haram, which has proved to be a hard nut to crack in the West African country, a presidential spokesman said.

Replacements for the sacked military chiefs will soon be announced, Garba Shehu, a spokesman of the president told Xinhua via telephone.

The country's military chiefs -- Alex Badeh, defense chief; Usman Jibrin, the navy chief; Kenneth Minimah, army chief and Adesola Amosu, air force chief -- were appointed in January 2014 by former Nigerian leader Goodluck Jonathan. Endi