By our reporter/ President Muhammadu Buhari on Tuesday directed security chiefs to find tactics to solve the security challenges in the country, particularly in the North-West and North Central.
The President who issued the directive during a three-hour security meeting with Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa in Abuja,
reiterated the urgent need to deal with the bandits, who according to the security chiefs, are becoming a nuisance, killing and making reckless pronouncements to solicit attention.
According to the minister of defense, the government reviewed the situation in the country and concluded that it can resolve the security challenges, especially in Zamfara State and the North Central, which was of huge concern at the meeting, but with the cooperation of Nigerians.
Magashi further stated that a batch of six A-29 Super Tucano Jets will arrive in the country next week while the jets in the first batch already delivered are being test run.
The security meeting chaired by the President had the service chiefs physically in attendance, led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Minister of Defence, General Bashir Magashi (rtd).
The Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola; Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Abubakar Malami; and the Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyeama, were all in attendance.
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