Buhari Presides Over Emergency National Security Meeting
At the State House in Abuja, President Muhammadu Buhari is presiding over an emergency National Security Council meeting.
The President is expected to examine the current security situation in the country during the meeting, which is taking place in the First Lady’s Conference Room.
Vice President Yemi Osinbajo, Secretary to the Government of the Federation Boss Mustapha, Chief of Staff to the President Professor Ibrahim Gambari, Ministers of Defense, Major-General Bashir Magashi (rtd), Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema, and National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno are among those in attendance (rtd).
Others include General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff; Major General Farouk Yahaya, the Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu, the Chief of Naval Staff; Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo, the Inspector General of Police, Usman Baba, Ahmed Rufai, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Yusuf Bichi, and other presidents.
The council is also likely to consider the security implications of the country’s Twitter ban.
More details later…
