By Kingsley Omonobi

The Chief Media  Consultant to the Forum of Spokespersons of Security and Response Agencies, FOSSRA, Mr. Yushau Shuaib, has resigned his appointment after three years of serving as an intermediary among all the major security and response agencies and the media in Nigeria.

Shuaib, who was engaged by former National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki to serve as media consultant to military, security, intelligence and response organisations under a unified platform, had as his core mandate the responsibility of positioning the agencies for desired public perception and changing the negative narratives regarding the war against terror.

In his notice of resignation served the chairman of the forum and Director of Defence Information, Brigadier General Rabe Abubakar, Shuaib said he could no longer continue to serve FOSSRA which is under the auspices of Office of National Security Adviser, ONSA, because of what he termed “misleading reports by presidential committee under the same ONSA” for unjustly accusing almost all institutions and individuals that served the office without fair hearing.

Shuaib said: “The retired AVM Jon Ode-Presidential Panel under ONSA is merely criminalizing critical institutions and indicting groups and individuals in the media without being arraigned in the court of law where the accused could prove their innocence.”

He queried the rationale behind empowering a Panel of Procurement of Arms that was composed of retired and serving military officers to also be saddled with probing contracts and services that had nothing to do with arms and ammunition.

He pointed out that “while the Jon Ode led-panel deliberately refuses to acknowledge successes recorded by previous administration in the war on terror, the team has only succeeded in misleading the President with its biased reports that create unnecessary anxiety in the polity.”

Efforts to get Presidency’s reaction failed as calls and text messages to the Senior Special Assistant to the President, Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, were not replied.