BEVERLY HILLS, January 30, (THEWILL) – The National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.), has revealed that President Muhammadu Buhari and other members of the National Security Council did not discuss calls for the sack of Service Chiefs.
THEWILL recalls that the security council met on Thursday 24 hours after Senators and members of the House of Representatives called for the sack of service chiefs over insecurity.
Briefing journalists on behalf of the council after the meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, Monguno said the NSC did not discuss the call by the lawmakers.
The service chiefs – the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar – attended the quarterly security meeting, but hurriedly left the venue after the meeting ended, leaving Monguno to speak with reporters on the outcome.
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When asked whether the call by the lawmakers was tabled at the meeting, Monguno replied, “The issue of the National Assembly resolution did not come up at the meeting.”
He, however, said the council was aware of the enormous security challenges facing the country. He said security agencies needed the collaboration of Nigerians to address complex insurgency the country was facing.
The NSA stated, “There were discussions and at the end of the day, the most important thing that we came up with is the need for collaboration both between governmental agencies and the larger Nigerian society, because of the type of insurgency we are faced with, the complexities, the multiplicity of all kinds of issues.
“There is a need for both parties, governmental agencies on one hand and the larger society, to collaborate more vigorously. There is a need for us to deal with these problems in a comprehensive manner.”
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