BREAKING: Tinubu Holds First Security Meeting With Service Chiefs, IGP

BREAKING: Tinubu Holds First Security Meeting With Service Chiefs, IGP

  • President Bola Tinubu met with service chiefs for the first time since the beginning of his administration on Monday
  • General Lucky Irabor, the Chief of Defence Staff, led the security chiefs to the meeting at the presidential villa
  • Usman Alkali-Baba, the Inspector General of Police, and Yusuf Bichi, the Director General of the Department of State Service, were also in attendance

Aso Rock Villa, Abuja - Bola Tinubu has held his first security meeting with service chiefs and the inspector general of Police on his fourth day in office as the president of Nigeria.

The security chiefs were led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor, at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.

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Tinubu meets service chiefs, holds first security meeting. Photo Credit: Bola Ahmed Tinubu
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Details of first security meeting between Tinubu and service chiefs

This was disclosed in a Twitter post by the Nigeria Television Authority (NTA) on Thursday, June 1.

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The security chiefs learned to be present at the meeting include Lt. Gen. Farouk Yahaya, who is the Chief of Army Staff; Vice Admiral Awwal Gambo, the Chief of Naval Staff; and Air Marshal Isiaka Amao, the Chief of Air Staff.

Also at the meeting was the Inspector-General of Police, Usman Alkali Baba; Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA); and Yusuf Bichi, the Director-General of the Department of State Service(DSS).

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The meeting is the first of its kind since Tinubu took over from former President Muhammadu Buhari on Monday, May 29.

On Wednesday, May 31, Tinubu met with Abdulrasheed Bawa, the chairman of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), at the presidential villa.

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Recall that while delivering his inaugural speech on Monday, Tinubu promised to make security his priority.

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Legit.ng earlier reported that following President Bola Tinubu's pronouncement on Monday, May 29, that "fuel subsidy is gone", oil marketers have reacted as many filling stations have immediately closed and others have inflated the price of petrol by over 100%.

For over 72 hours now, the oil marketers have held the country to ransom after the pronouncement by President Tinubu that the previous administration did not make provision for subsidy in the 2023 budget, therefore, it was gone.

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