President Muhammadu Buhari has declared that excuses will no longer be tolerated, asking everyone to justify their appointments into the positions of leadership of the nation’s security architecture.
The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno quoted the President as saying that though the security chiefs had been doing their best, it had not been good enough for the challenges facing the nation.
The NSA was accompanied by the Director of Defense Intelligence (DDI), AVM Mohammed Sani Usman and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Alhaji Yusuf Magaji Bichi.
He said further the President expressed serious concerns over proliferation of small arms, light weapons and abuse of illicit drugs, which he said had impacted the security situation in the regions gravely.
He also expressed displeasure over the lack of synergy amongst security forces and charged the various aspects of the security architecture to work together to solve the nation’s security challenges.
The Service Chiefs were led by the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin.
Present at the meeting were the Chief of Army Staff. LT Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, Chief of Staff to the President, Prof. Ibrahim Gambari and the Minister of Defence, retired Maj.-Gen. Bashir Magashi,
Others are: Inspector-General of Police, IGP Muhammed Adamu; the National Security Adviser (NSA) to the President, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Mr Yusuf Bichi and the Director-General of National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Ahmed Rufa’i.
