Defence Minister Meets Service Chiefs Over Rising Insecurity in Nigeria

|By Adejumo Adekunle

Nigeria’s Minister of Defence, Christopher Musa, is currently holding a high-level security meeting with service chiefs at the Ministry of Defence Headquarters in Abuja.

The meeting is focused on deliberations over the rising level of insecurity across the country, particularly in the North-East region where military formations have recently come under attack.

In the past few days, several military bases in Nigeria’s North-East have been targeted by terrorists. The development comes amid reports that three Commanding Officers of the Nigerian Army, all of the rank of Lieutenant-Colonel, were recently killed during attacks carried out by terrorists in Borno State.

Those attending the emergency security meeting include the Chief of Defence Staff, Olufemi Oluyede; the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Waidi Shaibu; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sunday Aneke; and the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abass.

Security agencies are also represented at the meeting, including officials from the National Intelligence Agency.

The meeting is expected to review the recent attacks on military installations and discuss strategies to strengthen security operations across affected regions.