The President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd) is currently presiding over an emergency National Security meeting at the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja.

The meeting comes amidst growing insecurity in the country which nation was fuelled by unchecked activities of bandits, gunmen, kidnapper, terrorists, and so on.

In attendance were Vice President Yemi Osinbajo (SAN); Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari and National Security Adviser (NSA), Major-General Babagana Monguno (Rtd).

Others were that the Ministers of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo; and the new Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya.

Also in the meeting were the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufa’i; the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, and other presidential aides.

More to come…