NATIONAL SECURITY COUNCIL MEETING PRESIDED OVER BY BUHARI

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By Adeniyi OnaaraĀ 

The National Security Council is now meeting in the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa in Abuja under the chairmanship of the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (ret.).

The meeting takes place a week after the Council made public its consideration of a complete ban on motorbikes and mining operations in the regions most vulnerable to and affected by terrorist acts.

Abubakar Malami, Minister of Justice and Attorney-General of the Federation, stated in a statement to State House Correspondents on Thursday that although the decision had not yet been made, it will be discussed at the following meeting.

Other attacks have occurred during that time, including one that claimed the lives of at least eight Nigerian ArmyĀ 7 Guards Battalion soldiers

Three troops were injured in the terrorist incident that occurred late on Friday night in Abuja’s Bwari Area Council.

The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno, the Chief of Staff to the President, Professor Ibrahim Gambari, and Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha, are present at the security council meeting (retd).

Abubakar Malami, the attorney general and minister of justice, Rauf Aregbesola, the interior minister, Geoffrey Onyema, the minister of foreign affairs, Mohammed Dingyadi, and Major General Bashir Magashi, the minister of defense, are all present at the meeting (retd.).

the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Lucky Irabor; the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Farouk Yahaya; The meeting also included the Chief of Defense Intelligence, Major General Samuel Adebayo, and Air Marshal Isiaka Amao.

Alkali Usman, the director general of the Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, and Ahmed Abubakar, the director general of the National Intelligence Agency, are some of the others.

Details to come…

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