At the Presidential Villa in Abuja, President Bola Ahmed Tinubu is currently meeting behind closed doors with the nation’s top security authorities, including the Inspector General of Police (IGP) and the Service Chiefs.
Key military and law enforcement officials, including Inspector General of Police Kayode Egbetokun, Chief of Naval Staff Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, Chief of Air Staff Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, Chief of Army Staff Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede, and Chief of Defense Staff General Christopher Musa, are attending the high-level security meeting, according to information obtained by Naija News.
The conference is thought to center on the nation’s growing security challenges, while the details of the talks are still unknown.
In recent months, security forces have been engaged in combating various insurgencies, especially in northern Nigeria, where armed groups have intensified their attacks on civilian and military targets.
The resurgence of violence across multiple regions of Nigeria, particularly in the North, is a growing concern for the government, which has been under pressure to step up efforts to tackle the security crisis.
The security meeting comes ahead of President Tinubu’s planned visit to Rome on Saturday, where he is scheduled to attend the inauguration mass of Pope Leo XIV, the newly elected Bishop of Rome and leader of the Roman Catholic Church.
President Tinubu will attend the solemn liturgy commemorating the start of Pope Leo XIV’s pontificate alongside other world leaders and prominent Catholic clergy, according to confirmation of the trip made on Thursday by Presidential Adviser on Information and Strategy Bayo Onanuga.
Bishop Matthew Hassan Kukah of the Sokoto Diocese, Archbishop Lucius Ugorji of the Catholic Bishops’ Conference of Nigeria, Archbishop Ignatius Kaigama of Abuja, Archbishop Alfred Martins of Lagos, and Minister of State for Foreign Affairs Ambassador Bianca Odumegwu-Ojukwu will be among the distinguished delegation that will accompany Tinubu.
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