The Service Chiefs and Heads of Security and Intelligence Agencies met on Tuesday to map out new strategies on tackling the current security situation in the country.
This was revealed in a statement Tuesday in Abuja by the Coordinator of the Directorate of Defense Media Operations, John Enenche, a major general.
Mr. Enechie said the meeting, chaired by the Chief of Defense Staff, Gabriel Olonisakin, aimed at re-strategizing and enhancing existing synergies between security agencies to address the nation’s security challenges.
He said the meeting was deliberating on developing and mapping new strategies to tackle terrorism, banditry and other crimes promptly, especially in the northern part of the country.
Mr Enechie called for Nigerians to cooperate with the Armed Forces and security agencies in addressing security challenges to restore sanity to troubled regions quickly.
He said those at the meeting were Army Staff Chief, Tukur Buratai; Naval Staff Chief, Ibok-Ete Ibas; Air Staff Chief, Sadique Abubakar; and Police Inspector General, Mohammed Adamu.
“Also in attendance were the Director General, Department of State Service Yusuf Bichi; Director General, Nigerian Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar; Chief of Defence Intelligence, Air Vice Marshal Muhammed Usman and the Commandant General, Nigerian Security and Civil Defence Corps, Abdullahi Mohammadu,” he said.
