ABUJA — President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered security operatives to deal ruthlessly with security challenges in the country.
The president was also particular about the bandits terrorizing Zamfara state and its environs.
Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, disclosed this yesterday, while briefing State House correspondents at the end of about two hours security meeting with President Buhari.
He told the journalists that President Buhari has specifically directed that no stone should be left unturned towards securing every part of the country.
“The security meeting we just had with Mr. President today is to review the strategy that we are adopting in confronting security issues in Zamfara State especially and other places nationwide.
This review strategy is to address all the issues including kidnapping, banditry and other associated issues confronting the nation.
We are coming out with a revised strategy to handle those challenges.” he continued.
On the marching order from the President, he noted: “Yeah, the marching order is for us to deal with this issue immediately and ruthlessly and ensure that all those bandits are immediately dealt with and all those issues that are bordering with our security are properly addressed.”
On his part, Acting Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu announced that the frequent kidnapping on the Abuja-Kaduna road have been tackled.
Stressing that the route is now very safe the acting IGP noted: “I want to assure Nigerians that Kaduna–Abuja roads are now safe”.
“We have cleared the roads, we have arrested a lot of kidnappers and in confrontation with some of them, some were fatally injured.
So the road is cleared. Our patrol teams, the combined security services that are patrolling the road are constantly there, 24 hours.” he stressed.
Service Chiefs at the meeting included Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete IIbas, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar.
Gabriel Olonishakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Yusuf Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete IIbas, and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadiq Abubakar.
Others at the meeting included the National Security Adviser, Major Gen. Babagana Monguno (retd), Director General of National Intelligence Agency, the Director General, Department of Security Service and Acting Inspector General of Police, IGP Mohammed Adamu.
Also at the meeting were the Minister of Interior, Lt. Gen. Abdulrahman Dangazzau (retd) and the Minister of Defence, Brigadier Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (retd)
