President Bola Tinubu on Thursday evening convened a security meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, comprising the entire military command, intelligence leadership and top security advisers.
Also at the meeting was his Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.), whom he appointed in May.
The presidency is yet to make a formal statement on the agenda or outcome of the meeting, but sources say it dwelt on a comprehensive review of the security situation in the country as well as across several theatres of operation.
The closed-door engagement, which lasted for over two hours, was announced by the State House in a photograph released Thursday.
Present were the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.); Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Isa; and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Undiandeye.
Also present were the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Adeola Ajayi; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Mohammed Mohammed; Special Adviser to the President on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.); and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, along with other representatives of the security agencies.
