President Buhari held a meeting with security chiefs earlier today.
Truetells Nigeria reports that Nigeria’s President Muhammadu Buhari during the meeting with security chiefs, approved new security measures, specifically targeted at the Southeast and South-South regions of the country.
The development,Truetells Nigeria understands, happened during the series of security meetings held in the last 11 days.
Truetells Nigeria reports that the Vice-President, Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha and Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari, were among those in attendance at today’s meeting.
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba, confirmed this to State House Correspondents after the meeting but, however, declined to give details.
Truetells Nigeria learned that President Buhari also approved a memo presented by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), on the control of drugs, which he said are enablers of insecurity, but did not also elaborate.
Meanwhile, Truetells Nigeria reports that NSA said the meeting stressed the need to address the security challenges in the country particularly those that have arisen in the last few months.
