The 2023 African Action Congress, AAC, presidential candidate, Omoyele Sowore, says President Bola Tinubu lavish benefits to sacked Service Chiefs is his way of averting coup against his government.
The activist said this in reaction to the report that Tinubu gave mouthwatering retirement package to the erstwhile service chiefs.
Last week, Tinubu ordered the sack of all Service Chiefs and the Inspector-General of Police, Advisers, and the Comptroller-General of Customs.
He also announced their replacement immediately.
Following their retirement, reports had it that the Chief of Defence Staff and the service chiefs got bulletproof Sport Utility Vehicles, personal aides, guards and other perks of office, including generous allowance for medical treatment abroad, as retirement benefits.
Reacting to the development, Sowore claimed that the package was aimed to forestall a coup to remove him while he travelled to France.
Tweeting, Sowore wrote: “These mouth-watering retirement offers to these suddenly retired Nigerian military top brass sounds like they held Asiwaju Bola Ahmed Tinubu @ABATMediaCentre to ransom because they knew something the public didn’t know about his ‘Presidency.’ And selection.
“I think the rumour of their (military) plan to take out @officialABAT before his return from France might be true after all. So far, the interests of ordinary Nigerians have been sacrificed to get Tinubu’s power consolidated.”