President Muhammadu Buhari is currently meeting with Nigeria’s security chiefs as the security situation worsens across the country.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd) and some ministers are also attending the meeting.
Chef of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, the Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok Ete Ekwe-Ibas and the Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshall Sodiqque Abubakar were at the meeting.
They were also joined by the Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu, Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Bishi and the head of the Directorate of Military Intelligence (DMI) are also attending the meeting.
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The meeting was holding about a week after armed persons attacked the convoy of the Borno State Governor, Babagana Zulum, in Baga, a community with a history of Boko Haram attacks.
Governor Zulum has, however, said he believed the attack was carried out by some operatives of the Nigerian military.
The attack on the governor’s convoy occurred about a day after at least one person was killed in Boko Haram attacks on Maiduguri.
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Apart from the Boko Haram insurgency in Borno and neighbouring states, armed bandits are also attacking northwestern states randomly, killing and kidnapping dozens of people every month.
Many people have also been killed in renewed violence in Southern Kaduna.
Tuesday’s security meeting is expected to deliberate on some of these key security situations.
