President Muhammadu Buhari has told the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), Gen. Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin, and the Services Chiefs that they were not doing enough to tackle the menace of banditry and terrorism confronting the country.
The president, however, acknowledged that the military chiefs are trying their best to tackle the security challenges.
President Buhari, therefore, declared that excuses would no longer be tolerated, even as he said he expected everyone in the military hierarchy to live up to expectations going forward.
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The president gave this directive during a meeting, on Thursday, with his military chiefs. Present at the meeting were Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Chief of the Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Ibok Ete-Ekwe Ibas, Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Soddique Abubakar and the Inspector General of Police, Mr. Mohammed Adamu.
Addressing State House Correspondents at the end of the meeting, National Security Adviser (NSA), Maj.-Gen. Babagana Mungonu (rtd), said that the President also ordered him to meet with governors of states in the North West, including that of Niger State, in other to know what the problems really are and find solution to them.
The meeting with the security chiefs was held inside the Presidential Villa, in Abuja, where President Buhari was briefed on how the increasing security challenges across the country are being tackled.
