President Bola Tinubu on Monday held a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s Service Chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Aso Rock, Abuja.
The meeting came amid growing concerns over the country’s internal security challenges.
Sources at the Villa confirmed that the top military and security officials arrived at the forecourt early in the evening and were swiftly ushered into the President’s office.
The high-level meeting reportedly commenced about 6:01pm local time.
It marked President Tinubu’s first engagement with the military high command since recent changes in the nation’s defence leadership.
The agenda of the meeting was not officially disclosed.
The engagement also followed President Tinubu’s declaration of a national security emergency last month, during which he ordered the immediate recruitment of additional personnel into security agencies and directed the withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs to bolster internal security operations.
Additionally, the meeting happened just days after the Senate approved the President’s request to deploy Nigerian troops in the Benin Republic, following reports of an attempted coup in the neighbouring country, a development that has heightened regional security concerns.
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