Insecurity: Buhari summons service chiefs, others

President Muhammadu Buhari has again summoned the Service Chiefs and other major stakeholders in the country’s security architecture to a meeting over the nation’s intractable security challenges.

The meeting which is taking place inside the Council Chambers of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, BusinessDay gathered is a fallout of the last week’s Council of State meeting, which deliberated on the insecurity ravaging the country.

This is as the Federal government is said to have intensified, behind the scenes moves to rescue the about 68 passengers abducted inside the Abuja-Kaduna train.

It was reliably gathered that the meeting is expected to review the progress on the rescue plans

Recall that Jigawa Governor, Abubakar Badaru had hinted that the President will meet with the security Chiefs, but could not provide further details.


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