Command and operational use
Section 218 · 1999 Constitution (2004 edition)
What Constitution says
(1) The powers of the President as the Co mmissioner-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation shall include power to determine the operational use of the armed forces of the Federation. (2) The powers conferred on the President by subsection (1) of this section shall include power to appoint the Chief of Defence staff, the Chief of Army Staff, the Chief of Naval Staff, the Chief of Air Staff and heads of any other branches of the armed forces of the Federation as may be established by an Act of the National Assembly. (3) The President may, by directions in writing and subject to such conditions as he think fit, delegate to any member of the armed forces of the Federation his powers relating to the operational use of the Armed Forces of the Federation. (4) The National Assembly shall have power to make laws for the regulation of - (a) the powers exercisable by the President as Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of the Federation; and (b) the appointment, promotion and disciplinary control of members of the armed forces of the Federation.
This is the 1999 Constitution as published in 2004. Later amendments aren't included yet, so a section may have changed since.
Original source
Official Gazette · CFRN 1999 official PDF · printed page 97. Original document
Release: draft-c8d50d87fae9. Source scope, review and corrections