President Muhammadu Buhari, yesterday, directed all the Service Chiefs and heads of security operatives to arrest all security threats against the unity of the country.
The marching order on security threats came after a closed-door meeting the service chiefs and other security agencies had with the President at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting, which lasted over three hours, Chief of Defence Staff, CDS, Lt. General Gabriel Olonishakin, said the directive was to protect the unity of the country as well as lives and property of the citizenry.
He said the security chiefs were told to enhance their operations and ensure that troops that were outside carry out their assignments effectively.
He said: “We have been meeting with Mr. President for the last three hours. All we have done is to update him on all security issues around the country, within the country and outside the country where our troops are.
“Of course, we have just updated him because he is aware of what’s been happening. He has been receiving regular briefings from the acting president and he has also been going through the print and electronic media to follow the happenings within the country.
“After the meeting also, he has directed on some areas we should look at so as to enhance our operations in the country.
“In his address, he talked about the unity of the nation, which is non-negotiable and the military has been fully instructed to ensure that the directive is carried out to the letter.”
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IPOB continuous agitation On whether there was a directive from President Buhari on the allegation composition of secret service by the Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, he said: “The issues of security, every security threat, all security threats were treated one after the other.
“Ranging from terrorism to kidnapping, herdsmen/farmers clash, to the IPOB issue, all were treated. Comments were made as to what to do regarding those issues.”
When asked whether the military was mobilising forces to the South-East as a result of IPOB continuous agitation for self determination of State of Biafra, he said: “Every security, like I said, has been treated and we are going to enhance our operations in all the areas we need to do that.
On Boko Haram On the renewed onslaught of Boko Haram sect in the North East, he said: “On the Boko Haram issue, you all know it is an asymmetric warfare. It is not that the Boko Haram has stepped up it game, it is just the issue of suicide bombing that has been the problem.
The meeting was adjourned late noon.
Sources> Vanguard Newspaper
