The outcome of security meeting convened at the instance of President Muhammadu Buhari, held at the Presidential Villa; The President has ordered the Service chiefs and heads of the Nation's Intelligence agencies to redouble their efforts in securing the lives and of Nigerians.
Buhari's charge came on a day the Acting Inspector-General of Police, Adamu Mohammed rolled out new counter-kidnapping operational strategies in continuation of efforts of the Nigeria Police Force to speedily bring to an end the current internal security challenges facing the country.
Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, the Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas, said the number of kidnapping across the country has dropped. Ibas said he and other security chiefs at the meeting briefed the President on the proliferation of small arms as well as actions taken by the various agencies to curtail the consequences of the development.
He said the President directed them to ensure that security agencies “do much more to ensure that Nigerians go to bed and wake up feeling healthy and confident that their security is guaranteed.”
On the spate of kidnappings in the country, the Naval chief recalled that “Operation Puff Adder’ has been successful with a remarkable drop in the number of kidnappings.
The meeting had in attendance; Chief of Defense Staff, General Gabriel Olonishakin; Representative of Chief of Air Staff; Chief of Army Staff; Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai; Representative of the Director General of the National Intelligence Agency; National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno (Maj Gen/retd); Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu; the Minister of Interior, Gen. Abdulrahman Danbazzau, and the Minister of Defense, Mansur Dan-Ali
