President Bola Tinubu is presently in a closed-door assembly with Nigeria’s Service Chiefs on the Presidential Villa in Aso Rock, Abuja.
The high-level safety assembly is going down amid rising considerations over the nation’s inner safety state of affairs.
Checks on the Villa confirmed that the safety chiefs arrived on the forecourt early within the night and have been promptly ushered into the President’s workplace.
The assembly reportedly started at about 6:01pm native time, with tight safety across the space.
That is the primary time President Tinubu is assembly with the army excessive command because the latest adjustments within the nation’s defence management.
The engagement follows the swearing-in of Normal Christopher Musa (retd.) as the brand new Minister of Defence on December 4, a transfer that signalled a recent strategy to Nigeria’s safety structure.
Whereas the agenda of the assembly has not been formally disclosed, it’s coming at a important time. Over 100 college students kidnapped from a Catholic boarding college in November are nonetheless being held by their captors, sparking nationwide concern and renewed requires decisive authorities motion.
The assembly additionally follows President Tinubu’s declaration of a nationwide safety emergency final month.
On the time, he ordered the instant recruitment of latest personnel into the nation’s safety companies.
He additionally directed the withdrawal of cops hooked up to VIPs as a part of efforts to strengthen inner safety operations.
As well as, the closed-door talks are going down simply days after the Senate authorized the President’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to the Benin Republic.
The deployment was linked to an tried coup within the neighbouring nation, elevating regional safety considerations.