President Muhammadu Buhari meets with all the service chiefs at the Defence House, Abuja

 


President Muhammadu Buhari will today take briefs from Service Chiefs on the issue.

This is to enable him know the extent of challenges inherited on the issue from the immediate past government of ex-President Goodluck Jonathan.

Ahead of today’s meeting, President Buhari, yesterday met with the immediate past National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki. The meeting lasted almost four hours.

Today’s meeting, it was gathered, is a continuation of the meeting with Dasuki.

All the security chiefs and Director General of the Department of State Security (DSS) are expected to attend the parley. Buhari convened the meeting to debrief the service chiefs on their counter insurgency strategies so far.The President has also announced that he will be taking a trip to Niger Republic and Chad on Wednesday for the same purpose.

Among the Service Chiefs who attended the meeting were Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Lt General Kenneth T. J. Minimah, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal A. N. Amosun, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral U. O. JIBRIN and Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase. The National Security Adviser, Col. Dasuki was also present.