Following the unabated violence and killing in Benue, plateau and other part of the country, President Bola Tinubu has issued marching order to security agencies to deal with insecurity within the country with immediate effect. Tinubu, while ordering a complete overhaul of Nigeria’s security strategy, declared that “enough is enough.”
As contained in a statement signed by his spokesman, Bayo Onanuga, the Nigerian leader gave the directive during a meeting with security chiefs yesterday at the State House Villa, Abuja.
Nigeria in the last three weeks have witnessed unprecedented renewed violent killings by re-surfacing Boko Haram elements in Borno, and armed bandits in Benue, Plateau and Kwara states.
Reiterating the presidential directive, the National Security Adviser, NSA, Nuhu Ribadu while addressing State House Correspondents shortly after the meeting, said Tinubu has directed for a new approach to tackling insecurity across the country.
Ribadu said, “Mr President gave us the chance to come and brief him again. It lasted very long. We gave him an update on what was going on.”
The NSA boss explained that while the President Tinubu was on official visits to Paris and London, he never relent on actively involved and continued issuing of instructions to security agencies in the country to arrest the violence.
“Today, we had the opportunity to come and brief him again, and it lasted hours. It was a very detailed briefing, and it was exhaustive.
“The issue of insecurity often is not just at the higher levels. It involves the subunits. They are the ones who are directly with the people, especially when some of the challenges border on community problems.
“We need to work with the communities. We need to work with the local governments, and we need to work with the governors.
“The President directed that we work more with governors,” he said.
Ribadu disclosed that the President was “very worried and concerned” at the meeting.
“He said, ‘Enough is enough’. We are working to ensure that we restore peace and security.”
“We were all at the meeting with the President, armed forces, police, and intelligence community,” Ribadu concluded.