September 7, 2021
President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday met with security chiefs to receives security briefing and to find lasting solution to the security challenges in the country, particularly in the North-West and North Central.
Briefing State House correspondents after a three-hour security meeting with Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, the Minister of Defense, General Bashir Magashi, said the Federal Government reviewed the situation in the country and concluded that it can resolve the security challenges, especially in Zamfara State and the North Central, which was of huge concern at the meeting, but with the cooperation of Nigerians.
According to Channels television report, he also directed security chiefs to find tactics to solve the security challenges in the country, particularly in the North-West and North Central, while reiterating the urgent need to deal with the bandits, who according to the security chiefs, are becoming a nuisance, killing and making reckless pronouncements to solicit attention.
According to Magashi, an additional batch of A-29 Super Tucano Jets will arrive in the country next week while the jets in the first batch already delivered are being test run.
The security meeting was chaired by the President with the service chiefs physically in attendance.
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Abubakar Malami; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, were all in attendance.
At the security meeting, the Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, General Lucky Irabor, and other security chiefs briefed the President on recent developments associated with the security challenges facing the nation.
