President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday met behind closed doors with service chiefs and heads of other security agencies at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Although the agenda of the meeting was not made public, the Commander-In-Chief regularly meets with heads of the nation’s security agencies where they brief the President on developments within their areas of responsibility on a weekly basis.
Service chiefs at the meeting were, Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete IIbas and Chief of Air (CAS) Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar. However, Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai and Director, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, were represented.
Also present were the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno, Director General, Department of Security Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi, Acting Inspector General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Adamu and Minister of Defence, Brigadier General Mansur Dan-Ali.