Acting President, Osinbajo in Aso Rock Situation Room Receiving Security Briefing

 

A briefing is currently taking place at the Situation Room of the Ask Rock Presidential Villa, Abuja where the Acting President, Yemi Osinbajo, is receiving security briefings from service chiefs and heads of other security agencies.

 

According to Premium Times, the Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali said the briefing is aimed at “allowing the service chiefs and other heads of security agencies to brief the acting president on the security situation in the country”.

 

He also said the meeting affords the security agencies an opportunity to express the “unflinching support, commitment and loyalty of the Nigerian Armed Forces to the present administration.”

 

He added that the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari has provided the needed support to the armed forces which has impacted positively in its capacity to fight the insurgent Boko Haram and other security threats across the country.

 

He said relative peace has been restored to the restive north-east and that what the Nigerian Armed Forces is doing in most areas is to prepare for the return of civil authority and policing, adding that operations in the area have led to recovery of “weapons, communication equipment and arrest of many Boko Haram fighters.”

 

Dan-Ali, a retired brigadier general, also said part the successes recorded by the armed forces of recent is the rescue of many women and children held captive by the Boko Haram, while many commanders of the sect were arrested, adding that many more surrendered to the armed forces.

 

He said the Nigerian military is also providing aid to many displaced persons camps in the form of good clothing and water supplies, while roads hitherto closed have been reopened.

 

On Southern Kaduna, Dan-Ali said the Nigerian Army is in the process of building a new barracks in Kafanchan town to consolidate the military presence in the zone.

 

He said peace talks are currently ongoing among the people of the area to address constant clashes between farmers and herders.