30th December, 2019
President Muhammadu Buhari met behind closed doors with service chiefs at the Aso Villa, Abuja on Monday.
After the closed door meeting, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Abubakar Sadique, said the meeting was all about the security of Nigerians and Nigeria.
According to him, the security forces will continue to work harder to ensure that every Nigerian is secure and the territorial integrity of Nigeria is not undermined by anybody.
“What we are going to do is to ensure that all hands are on deck and every Nigerian equally has a role to play by passing relevant intelligence to us.
“So far the strategy that we have on ground is really working and that is the one we will continue to pursue.’’
Other service chiefs at the meeting included Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Tukur Buratai and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe-Ibas
The National Security Adviser, retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Abubakar, Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Adamu and the Director General of Department for State Service (DSS) Yusuf Bichi were also at the meeting
In his Christmas message, Buhari sent dire warnings to all the bad guys in the country: the insurgents, terrorists, armed robbers and kidnappers, including economic saboteurs to retrace their steps.
He said the security forces and law enforcement agents are now positioned to deal with them.
”It is in line with the spirit of Christmas that I call on all elements whose actions are opposed to what the season represents, especially, insurgents, terrorists, armed robbers, kidnappers and economic saboteurs, to retrace their steps and join people of goodwill and common humanity.
“If they fail to heed this call, they will meet their end as the armed forces, security and law-enforcement agencies are poised now to confront and defeat them.”