Buhari gives marching orders to security chiefs on threats to citizens

President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to nip all security threats in the bud, safeguard the life and property of all citizens and secure the country’s borders.

 

Addressing State House correspondents at the end of the National Security Council in Abuja, Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin, said the President reiterated his stance on the continued survival of the country as an invisible entity.

 

He said the President was updated by the security chiefs on all security issues within and outside the country, adding that the military would enhance operations in line with the President’s directive.

 

“We have been meeting with Mr President for the last three hours. We updated him on all security issues around the country, within the country and outside the country where our troops are.

 

“He has been receiving regular briefings from the Acting President and he has also been going through the print media and electronic media to follow the happenings in the country.

 

“We are going to enhance our operations in all the areas that we need to do that. Like I said he has given the necessary directives which will be carried out by the military and the security agencies.

 

“He also directed that we must ensure that the life and property of the citizens are protected and we must make sure that we secure the whole nation and also that troops that are outside carry out their jobs effectively,” he said.

 

The President had in a nationwide broadcast on Monday charged the security agencies not to let the successes achieved in the last 18 months in the fight against insurgents “be a sign to relax.”

 

He said “terrorists and criminals must be fought and destroyed relentlessly so that the majority of us can live in peace and safety.”

 

Others who attended the meeting were the National Security Adviser (NSA),  Babagana Monguno;  Director-General of State Security Service (SSS), Lawal Daura; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Chief of Air Staff (CAS) and the representative of the Chief of Naval Staff (CNS).

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