President Muhammadu Buhari, on Thursday, presided over a National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.
According to the Personal Assistant to the President on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, who announced the commencement of the meeting, in a tweet, the meeting was convened as a result of the security challenges in some states in the north.
“The meeting of the National Security Council is ongoing, at the Council Chambers, State House, Abuja. The meeting which is being presided over by @MBuhari, is summoned over the recent security challenges in Katsina, Nasarawa, Kaduna and elsewhere,” the tweet read.
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Present at the meeting were the Vice President, Professor Yemi Osinbajo (SAN), the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Mr. Boss Mustapha, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Mr. Geoffrey Onyeama, the Attorney General of the Federation (AGF) and Minister of Justice, Mr. Abubakar Malami and the Minister of Internal Affairs, Ogbeni Ra’uf Aregbesola.
Others were the service chiefs and heads of security agencies; the Nation Security Adviser, NSA Major General Babagana Monguno, the Director General National Intelligence Agency, NIA, and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu as well as the Director, Department of State Services, DSS.
