Boko Haram Insurgency Tops Buhari's Meeting Agenda With Service Chiefs

President Muhammadu Buhari met with the service chiefs at the Defence House, Abuja, where the incessant insurgency in the country was reviewed, even as the outlawed Boko Haram sect continued its attacks on North-eastern Nigeria, on Tuesday, June 2.

 

Topmost on the agenda at the meeting was the Islamist terror group, the success recorded in the war against the sect, as well as strategies on sustaining the tempo against the terror group.

 

According to sources privy to the meeting, another issue that featured during the meeting was incessant crude oil theft in the Niger Delta.

 

 

At the end of the meeting, which lasted for over two hours yesterday, the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin briefed State House correspondents on what transpired between them and the president.

 

Jibrin said: “Since he (Buhari) was inaugurated as our Commander-in-Chief, this is the first time that we are formally meeting him to give a general security briefing on the country, and that went very well; we have been able to provide insight into the security situation in Nigeria.

 

“On Boko Haram, we briefed him on the level of successes that have been recorded, as we want to maintain the tempo and sustain that until they are routed out.”