President Bola Tinubu (m) with the Service Chiefs. Photo: State House
President Bola Tinubu on Thursday evening convened a security meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, comprising the entire military command, intelligence leadership and top security advisers, including his Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.).
Officials with knowledge of the meeting’s agenda told PUNCH Online that Thursday’s gathering was a comprehensive review of the security situation in the country as well as across several theatres of operation.
The closed-door engagement, which lasted for over two hours, was announced by the State House in a photograph released Thursday evening.
Present were the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.); Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Isa; and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Undiandeye.
