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Home | News | General | Service chiefs did not attend Buhari Next Level campaign launch - Presidency reacts 

- In its defence, it said that the service chiefs, contrary to what many allege, did not attend the president's rally tagged Next Level

- In a recent statement, Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant, media and publicity to the president, said that the chiefs left the venue before the event started

The presidency, through Garba Shehu, the senior special assistant, media and publicity to President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday, November 19, dismissed claims that service chiefs were in attendance at the Next Level campaign launch held at the State House, Abuja.

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On his official Facebook page, Shehu explained that the service chiefs had assumed that the event was non-political and therefore deemed it fit to attend it, but that they left the venue when it was brought to their Knowledge that it was majorly a campaign affair.

Earlier, Legit.ng reported that a spokesman of Atiku Abubakar campaign organisation, Segun Sowunmi, on Monday, November 19, spoke about service chiefs that attended President Muhammadu Buhari’s campaign rally tagged ‘Next Level’.

Among the service chiefs spotted at the event include the chief of defence staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Abubakar Sadiq; and Chief of the Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok-Ete Ibas.

