Insecurity: Buhari, Security Chiefs Hold Emergency Meeting

Hamilton Nwosa
Writer

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By Hamilton Nwosa ( Head The New Diplomat’s Business Desk)

President Muhammadu Buhari, and security chiefs are meeting right now at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting is to review the current security situation in the country.

Read also: Just In: Senate Asks Buhari To Declare Emergency On National Security

However, it is expected that the recent rise in attacks by bandits, renewed killings by insurgents and kidnapping will be major issues on the agenda today.

Those in attendance include the Chief of Defense Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar; Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rafa’i Abubakar; and the Director-General, Department of State Services, Yusuf Magaji Bichi.

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