He contested and lost the election to incumbent Governor Bala Mohammed of the Peoples Democratic Party.
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The former Service Chiefs are ex-Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin; former Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; former Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ekwe Ibas; and former Chief of Air Staff, Sadique Abubakar.
The confirmation was made at a closed door session of the Senate on Tuesday
The former Service Chiefs were led to the Senate Committee on Foreign Affairs by the Senior Special Assistant President Muhammadu Buhari on Senate, Senator Babajide Omoworare.
The Senate gave the ultimatum on Wednesday at its plenary.
This was disclosed by the spokesman of the President, Femi Adesina, in a statement on Thursday
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that in line with the Nigerian Air Force, it is a tradition that Fly-Out parades be held to bid the outgone air chiefs goodbye as they bow out of service.
The Service Chiefs, led by General Abayomi Olonisakin (Chief of Defence Staff); Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai as Chief of Army Staff; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, were generally considered inefficient and incompetent by many Nigerians. This has to be put in context.
The News Agency of Nigeria reports that President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday accepted the immediate resignation of the Service Chiefs, and their retirement from the Service.
Abubakar stated this while inspecting the landing site on Wednesday in Funtua.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, noted that the ceremony marked yet another landmark in the history of the service, as it decorated senior officers to the ranks of AVMs as well as Air Commodores.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, gave an idea of what was, and what now is, in Abuja in February 2020 when President Buhari inaugurated two Agusta 109 Power and one MI-171 E helicopters.
The governor, who stated this while receiving the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, during the latter’s courtesy visit to the Governor at the State’s Secretariat, Agodi, Ibadan, added that the state has been enjoying a cordial relationship with the Nigerian Air Force.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, made this known while addressing journalists after defending the budget of the Force before the Season.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said this when he appeared at the 2021 budget defence session of the Senate Committee on Air Force.
Abubakar made this known at the ongoing Alpha Jet periodic depot maintenance at the NAF 407 Air Combat Training Group, on Tuesday in Kainji, Niger State
The military outfit said it immortalised Arotile by naming a remodelled Pilots Crew Room at the 115 Special Operations Group in Port Harcourt, after the late combatant pilot.
Abubakar said this during his visit to Katsina State on Thursday for an on-the-spot assessment of Operation Wutan Daji 2, a subsidiary of Operation Hadarin Daji, recently launched in the North West.
The Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, announced this when the Director-General of NIMASA, Dr. Bashir Jamoh, paid a working visit to the Nigerian Air Force headquarters in Abuja.
President Buhari had on Monday met with five governors from the North East, where he reassured that security would be restored to the area and the nation at large