President Muhammadu Buhari Monday resumed duty in the State House, Abuja, presiding over a Security Council meeting and ordering the service chiefs to raise the tempo of security operations in the country with a view to guaranteeing peace and safety of citizens.


While the meeting received disturbing security reports from the North-east, reports from Benue, Zamfara States and the Niger Delta showed a great degree of improvement.

Buhari had returned from a 10-day working vacation to the United Kingdom on Saturday and immediately transmitted a letter to the National Assembly, announcing his return to Nigeria and consequent take-over of the reins of power from Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo who had acted in that capacity since August 3.

Briefing journalists at the end of the meeting, which lasted for two and half hours, the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Gabriel Olonisakin, said the meeting reviewed security situations in all parts of the country and participants made submissions.

According to him, the service chiefs briefed the president on the successes recorded from their various operations and the president instructed them to increase the tempo of their operations in such a way that the safety of citizens could be guaranteed and everyone proceeding on his/her activities without any fear of insecurity.

“We just had two and half hours’ meeting with the President and Commander-in-Chief. We reviewed the security situation across the country in all the geopolitical zones and of course, we made all our comments, especially the new operations in Benue, Zamfara, Taraba operation WISE stroke, and operation (Saradaji).

“We gave the extent of successes in these operations and we are to continue in this line of action in these operations. All the operations were reviewed and all the issues concerning the operations were dealt with. And he directed that we should continue to step up our game to ensure that the nation is safe and people go about their daily activities in a very safe manner,” Olonisakin stated.

Also speaking, the Minister of Defence, Brig. Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali (rtd), described the meeting as a routine security briefing with the president, adding that it was a mere update on the last one held on August 2, a day before the president left Nigeria.

According to him, whereas the meeting received disturbing security reports from the North-east, reports from Benue, Zamfara States and the Niger Delta showed a great degree of improvement. However, he said the North-east situation had been critically looked into and the council had taken a decision on how to address it.

“This is a normal routine security briefing with Mr President. He just came back. So, we briefed him on all the activities we had while he was away. It’s an update on the August 2nd Meeting.

“The decision that has been taken is that we have seen that there is a lot of improvement in the security situation in the country most especially in Zamfara and Benue States and in the Niger Delta. In the North-east, we are having worrisome reports. We have looked into it critically and we have taken absolute decision,” he said.

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PMB TILL 2023 I would have said more but the person behind will say it

Let's wait for the practical result of the meeting .


Meanwhile I am recommending my signature for your consumption now in lagos

do they still have any game left? they should be replace

step up your game or lose your job,modafuckle

Odiegwu. It's only in Nigeria that the army conducts operation python dance where there is no crisis and turn a blind eye on the barbaric activities of the herdsmen in the middle belt. You are only deceiving your selves and your almajiri brothers

Guess they have finish "racking their brains" So what have changed now The service chiefs are now spent forces that dont have much intelligence to offer hence help contain the widespread insecurity in the land.Time to regig the nation's security architecture Mr.President.
However you refused to do that because of ethno-religious interest.This is how failure magnifies failure. Too bad!

Did Buhari make that sentence...
STEP UP YOUR GAME?