Tinubu holds first security meeting with service chiefs

As of the time of filing this report, President Bola Tinubu is meeting the Service Chiefs at the State House in Abuja.

Tinubu arrived at the Villa at 10:53am on Thursday and went straight into a closed-door session with the security chiefs.

Those at the meeting include Chief of Defense Staff, General Lucky Irabor.

Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo; the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amao and the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba were also present.

In his inaugural address on Monday, Tinubu had promised Nigerians that security would be top priority for his administration.

He said “Security shall be the top priority of our administration because neither prosperity nor justice can prevail amidst insecurity and violence.

“To effectively tackle this menace, we shall reform both our security DOCTRINE and its ARCHITECTURE.

“We shall invest more in our security personnel, and this means more than an increase in number. We shall provide, better training, equipment, pay and firepower.”