President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday meet with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Special Adviser to the President on Media and Publicity, Femi Adesina, disclosed this on Tuesday in a statement.
The meeting is meant to bring the President up to speed on security developments around the country, while plans to bring a decisive end to the challenges will be formulated.
The statement read, “President Muhammadu Buhari will on Thursday confer with security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
“The President returned to Abuja last Friday after 18 days in London, during which he attended an education summit and did health checks.
“The security forces have in the past few weeks taken the battle more robustly to insurgents, bandits, and all other criminals troubling the country, and they are now surrendering in droves.
“The President will be brought up to speed on developments at the Thursday meeting, while plans to bring a decisive end to the challenges will be formulated.”
Service chiefs expected to be in attendance include the Chief of Defence Staff, General Leo Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Faruk Yahaya; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Awwal Zubairu Gambo and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Oladayo Amao.
Others expected at the meeting include Vice President Yemi Osinbajo; the Minister of Defence, Major General Bashir Salihi Magashi (retired), the Director-General, Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi and the Inspector General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba.
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