President Muhammadu Buhari is currently in an emergency security council meeting with his security advisers and the service chiefs at the State House, Abuja, Igbere TV reports.
Among those in attendance are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi Mahashi (Rtd.); Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; and the National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.).
Service chiefs in attendance include the Chief of Defense Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar; Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rafa’i Abubakar; and the Director-General of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) Yusuf Magaji Bichi.
The agenda of the meeting that took off at around 10am was not disclosed, but our State House correspondent learned that the issue for discussion may not be more than the worsening security situation across the country.
Igbere TV recalls that the worsening security situation had propelled the National Assembly to call for sack of the security chiefs as well as a new security architecture different from what currently subsists, as the current plan has woefully failed.
The meeting is still ongoing as at the time of filing this report, Igbere TV reports.
Details later…
