Security Chiefs Meet Buhari, Say Strategy Working – TheNigerialawyer

*Pledge to work harder

The heads of Nigeria’s security outfits met with President
Muhammadu Buhari Thursday in the State House, promising to work
much harder to tackle the endemic security challenges plaguing the
country.

The service chiefs also resolved to decentralise the task of
intelligence gathering in a way that such a responsibility is no
longer the exclusive preserve of security agents but also the
business of every citizen.

The meeting which lasted for about three and half hours was
attended by Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, Chief
of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai, Chief of Air Staff, Air
Marshal Abubakar Sadique, the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed
Adamu, the National Security Adviser, Major Gen. Babagana Monguno
(rtd.) and the Director-General of the National Intelligence
Agency, Ahmed Rufai.

Speaking with journalists after the meeting, Chief of Air Staff,
Sadique, who said the meeting dwelt on the security situation in
the country, added that the forum arrived at a resolution to work
harder and guarantee the security of Nigerians and simultaneously
defend the country’s territorial integrity.

“The meeting is all about the security of Nigerians and Nigeria.
And the message coming out of that meeting is that the Armed Forces
of Nigeria and other security forces will continue to work much
harder to ensure that every Nigerian is secured and the territorial
integrity of Nigeria is not undermined by anybody,” Sadique
said.

Asked if the service chiefs wouldn’t alter their security
strategy in view of the protracted insecurity crises bedeviling the
country, Sadique was quick to claim that the strategy had already
been changed and the new one is effective.
He insisted that the current security strategy adopted by the
security agents was working and hence, the question of changing it
does not arise.

According to him, the security chiefs will henceforth co-opt
Nigerians into the task of intelligence gathering and its
subsequent dissemination to the custodians of security apparati in
the country.

“I think the strategy has already been changed and from what we
are seeing, the current strategy is working. 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,” he submitted.

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