President Bola Tinubu is presiding over the
National Security Council (NSC) meeting at the State House, Abuja.
The crucial meeting, which has in attendance Vice President Kashim Shettima, National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, all heads of security and law enforcement agencies, is holding inside the President’s office.
The meeting is coming in the wake of the nationwide protests against hunger and bad governance embarked upon by some aggrieved Nigerians which entered day five today.
Also at the meeting are the Chief of Staff to the President, Femi Gbajabiamila
Among the security and law enforcement agency heads attending the meeting are the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa, and the three service chiefs; as well as the Inspector General of Police (IGP), Kayode Egbetokun.
Also at the meeting are the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rufai, Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Customs Service (NCS), Col Adewale Adeniyi; as well as the Comptroller-General of the Nigerian Immigration Service (NIS), Kemi Nanna Nandap.
President Tinubu had in a national broadcast on Sunday morning had pleaded with the organizers of the nationwide protests to suspend especially as it has gone violent in some states with the attendant loss of lives and destruction of property.
The President, who said that he has heard the grievances of the protesters loud and clear, also warned that he would not sit and watch some people used by opposition politicians to destroy the democracy in the country.
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Deji Elumoye
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