President Bola Tinubu on Thursday convened a high-level security meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja with senior military officers, intelligence chiefs and top security advisers to assess the country’s security situation.
The closed-door meeting, which lasted more than two hours, focused on reviewing security developments across various operational theatres nationwide, according to sources familiar with the discussions.
Among those in attendance were the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede? Wait—No. The original listed officials included the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Isa, alongside the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Undiandeye.
Also present were the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Adeola Ajayi; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mohammed Mohammed; the President’s Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.); Inspector-General of Police, Olatunde Disu; and other senior security officials.
The meeting came shortly after security forces under Operation FANSAN YAMMA, supported by the Nigerian Air Force, foiled a planned terrorist attack in parts of Zamfara and Katsina states.
During the July 7 operation, military aircraft reportedly tracked a convoy of about 300 armed terrorists travelling on motorcycles from the Sunke-Kumbo axis toward Gummi before carrying out targeted airstrikes against the group.
As of the time of reporting, the Presidency had not released an official statement outlining the outcome or details of the meeting.
At an earlier security briefing held in March, Defence Minister Mohammed Badaru Abubakar had stated that the armed forces remained committed to tackling insecurity, noting that terrorist and bandit groups had continued to suffer significant losses through ongoing military operations.
