BY KENNETH O. EZE
PRESIDENT Muhammadu Buhari is presently at a meeting with the Security Chiefs at Aso Rock, Abuja.
The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbanjo is among other few highly placed government officials said to be in attendance.
The meeting is coming barely a day after a reported armed robbery attack at the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, on Monday.
The Presidency announced the meeting via its Twitter handle, without giving details of the agenda. But public expectation is that they should be reviewing the security situation in the country, starting from the ugly incident at Aso Villa.
The two previous security meetings held on Friday, April 30, and Monday, May 4.
Today’s meeting started at 10 am and is holding at the Conference Hall of the Office of the First Lady.
The presidency tweeted, “Security Meeting ongoing, at the State House. President @MBuhari presiding, Vice President, SGF, NSA, Ministers, Service Chiefs, IGP, Intelligence Chiefs in attendance. #AsoVillaToday #SecuringNigeria.”
Among others at the meeting are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Prof Ibrahim Gambari; and the National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno.
Also in attendance are the Attorney-General and Minister of Justice, Abubakar Malami; Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffrey Onyema; Minister of Defence, Major-General Bashir Salihi Magashi (retd) and Minister of Interior, Rauf Aregbesola.
The Point had reported an attempt by armed robbers to rob the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, Ibrahim Gambari, early Monday morning.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, on Monday, confirmed “a foolish attempt” to burgle the residence of the Chief of Staff to the President, inside the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
He also claimed that the incident that happened around 3am was not successful
