President Bola Ahmed Tinubu on Thursday convened a high-level security meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, bringing together the nation’s military commanders, intelligence chiefs and top security advisers for a comprehensive review of the country’s security situation.
The closed-door meeting, which lasted more than two hours, focused on security developments across various theatres of operation and ongoing efforts to address emerging threats nationwide.
A photograph released by the State House on Thursday evening showed the President presiding over the gathering attended by key figures in Nigeria’s security architecture, including the National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu; Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru Abubakar; Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu; and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Undiandeye.
Also in attendance were the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Adeola Ajayi; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Mohammed Mohammed; Inspector-General of Police, Olatunde Disu; President Tinubu’s Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.); and representatives of other security agencies.
Although details of the deliberations were not immediately disclosed, the meeting comes amid renewed concerns over insecurity in parts of the country, including incidents of kidnapping, banditry, terrorism and other violent crimes.
The gathering also followed recent remarks by the National Security Adviser, who identified kidnapping as one of Nigeria’s most pressing security challenges.
Speaking through the National Coordinator of the National Counter Terrorism Centre (NCTC), Major General Adamu Garba Laka (retd.), at a security event in Abuja earlier on Thursday, Ribadu warned that criminal groups were becoming increasingly sophisticated in their operations.
According to the NSA, kidnappers and other criminal networks have continued to exploit technology and operate across multiple jurisdictions, making security operations more complex and requiring enhanced collaboration among security agencies.
He stressed that tackling the evolving threats would require sustained inter-agency cooperation, timely intelligence sharing and coordinated operational responses among security and intelligence organisations.
The latest security meeting underscores the Tinubu administration’s continued focus on addressing security concerns across the country as authorities intensify efforts to combat terrorism, banditry, kidnapping and other forms of criminality threatening national stability.
