President Buhari had a meeting with all the service Chiefs in
the state house with the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, DG
of DSS Lawal Daura, Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin
and others in attendance.
After the meeting, Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin
revealed that the issues of the alleged Secret Service of the Indigenous
People of Biafra (IPOB), Boko Haram menace and the various security
threats plaguing the country were among issues that what was discussed
at the closed-door meeting.
He said President Buhari has given some directives including tackling
the threats, which, he said, would be carried out by the military and
the security agencies soon.
In his words, 'we have been meeting with Mr. President for the
last three hours. We updated him on all security issues around the
country, within the country and outside the country, where our troops
are. Of course, we have just updated him because he is aware of what’s
been happening. He has been receiving regular briefings from the acting
president and he has also been going through the print media and
electronic media to follow the happenings in the country. After the
meeting, he has directed on some areas we should look at so as to
enhance our operations in the country. The issues of security, every
security threat, all security threats were treated one after the other
ranging from terrorism to kidnapping, herdsmen/farmers clash, to IPOB
issue'.
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