Section 6: Tenure of office of members of the Council.

(1) The office of a member of the council shall be deemed vacant if after 4 years from the date of first appointment-
(a) he dies;
(b) he resigns before the expiration of his tenure:
(c) he is adjudged to be medically unfit, a lunatic or of unsound mind;
(d) a case of gross misconduct is established against him;
(e) he is sentenced to death or imprisonment;
(f) he is adjudged or declared bankrupt;
(g) he is discovered to be a member of any secret society; and
(h) he is indicted for fraud or embezzlement by a Judicial Commission of Inquiry or indicted for contravention of the Code of Conduct;
(2) For the Chief of the Defence Space Administration, whose removal from office shall be in accordance with military posting, on the recommendation of the CDS and Council to Mr. President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces of Federal Republic of Nigeria for approval.