Goodluck Again Meets With Security Heads Over Insecurity

President Goodluck Jonathan again on Monday met behind closed-doors with security chiefs on how best to tackle the security challenges being faced in parts of the country.

The meeting was a continuation of an earlier one he had with the security chiefs on Friday shortly after he returned from his trip to South Africa.

Chief of Defence Staff, Admiral Ola Said, led the security chiefs that included the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar, to the early morning meeting that ended around 10am.

The heads of the Navy, Army, Air Force, Department of State Service and other key government officials also attended the meeting.

As usual, none of the security chiefs spoke with journalists at the end of the meeting.

At the time of filing this report, there was no official statement from the Presidency on the meeting.

Also on Monday, the Senate Committees on Defence and Army, Security and Intelligence met to consider available options on the way out of the state of insecurity in the country.

Members of the committee who held the meeting behind closed doors were to consider details of an on-the-spot assessment of the situation they met on ground at Baga.

Chairman Senate Committee on Defence and Army, Senator George Sekibo, confirmed that the meeting held.

He said, “We held a meeting, it is all about the security situation in the country. That is all I can say for now.”

The meeting is coming after a recent tour of Baga and Bama communities in Borno State where clashes between security forces and insurgents led to the loss of dozens of lives.

There were allegations that an operation by the JTF led to the death of several innocent citizens numbering over 200 in Baga.

The soldiers were alleged to have reacted badly to the killing of one of their men. The military has since denied the allegations.