Despite raging insecurity across the country, Nigeria’s top security chiefs rose from their crucial security meeting with President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday, expressing strong confidence in the current security strategy put in place to check growing rate of insecurity in the country.
The Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar, an Air Marshall, who spoke on behalf of his colleagues, while fielding questions from State House Correspondents after the security meeting summoned by the President, said there was no need to adopt new strategies as the current one is achieving the desired results
Asked if the service chiefs were considering change of tactics, Abubakar who disclosed that the strategy had already changed, however, added that the current strategy is working.
He however charged Nigerians to make intelligence report available to help security agencies fight insecurity.
“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.
On the outcome of the meeting, he said the meeting was all about the security of Nigerians and Nigeria.
He however assured that the “Armed Forces of Nigeria and other security forces will continue to work much harder to ensure that every Nigerian is secure and the territorial integrity of Nigeria is not undermined by anybody.”
The meeting was attended by the Chief of Defence Staff Gabriel Olonishakin; Chief of Army Staff, Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Ibok-Ete Ibas; and the Chief of Air Staff, Sadiq Abubakar.
Others include the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Abubakar, National Security Adviser, NSA, Babagana Monguno , Director General (DG) ,Department of State Service, Yusuf Bichi, and the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu.
