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Insecurity: Senate Shifts Meeting With Service Chiefs Till Thursday

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A file photo of lawmakers in the Senate.
Lawmakers during plenary at the Senate chamber in Abuja.

 

The Senate has shifted the meeting with the Service Chiefs till Thursday (May 6).

The purpose of the meeting is to get feedback from them on efforts to address the security crisis in the country.

The meeting was meant to hold today (May 4)  but has been postponed due to the security meeting which is ongoing at the Presidential Villa.

This is the second security meeting that President Muhammadu Buhari will be holding less than a week.

The meeting is to address the security challenges affecting the country.

Those in attendance include the Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, and Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari.

In this file photo taken on March 30th, 2021, President Muhammadu meets Nigeria’s service chiefs.

 

Others are  Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (Rtd), and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (Rtd.)

The Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, Chief of Army Staff; Lieutenant-General Ibrahim Attahiru, Chief of Naval Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo; acting Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba are also attending the crucial meeting.

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At the last meeting, the National security adviser, Babagana Munguno disclosed in a statement issued on Friday that President Muhammadu Buhari was determined to stem the insecurity in the country.

He said that President Buhari “made it abundantly clear that while the insurgents, bandits, and criminals are still at it, he has no doubt that the Nigerian Security agencies and all of us as a nation will certainly overcome all the current security problems and defeat the forces of evil marauding about in different parts of the country.”