PRESIDENT Buhari on Tuesday presided over the meeting of the National Security Council at the State House, Abuja, the News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports.
In attendance at the meeting were Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Mr Boss Mustapha, the Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari, Ministers of Defence, Gen. Bashir Magashi (rtd), Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama and the National Security Adviser, Gen. Babagana Monguno (rtd).
Others in attendance at the meeting include the Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali, the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufa’i, the Director-General of the State Security Services, Yusuf Bichi among other presidential aides.
The meeting, NAN reports, was convened to review the current security situation occasioned by the activities of insurgents, Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB), bandits and kidnappers in the country.
