Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has
summoned Service Chiefs to an emergency
security meeting over the reported killing of
some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram sect along
the Nigeria-Chad border on Sunday. It was gathered that the urgent meeting was
necessitated by the latest security developments
across the battle fields in the North East region of
the country. A reliable source, who preferred not to be
named, confirmed this development to NAN in
Abuja on Friday. Federal Government pronouncement on the
latest victims of Boko Haram insurgency was
being delayed because families of the victims
were being identified and contacted. “The President has called an urgent meeting with
the Service Chiefs.
“And the families of the latest victims of the Boko
Haram are being identified and contacts made
before a government pronouncement on the
tragic attacks. “This, it is understood is the reason for the silence
of the government over the incident,’’ the source
added. It would be recalled that President Buhari had
earlier dispatched the Minister of Defence, retired
Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an
emergency meeting with the Chadian President,
Idris Deby, on the deterioration of security at the
Nigeria-Chad border. Dan-Ali had on Thursday briefed President
Buhari on security development across the
country including the recent killings of some
Nigerian soldiers by the Islamic West Africa
Province, a breakaway Boko Haram sect,
operating along Nigeria-Chad border. AFP had quoted security sources on Nov. 21,
saying no less than 44 soldiers were killed
during the attacks, which occurred at Metele, a
remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad. Diplomatic sources, however, told NAN that the
Minister of Defence would also be meeting his
Chadian counterpart during his mission to Chad,
to identify what had led to the recent increase in
Boko Haram terrorism in the area. The sources, who preferred not to be named,
said: “Nigeria has a Chad problem in the Multi-
National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which was put
together to secure the Lake Chad Basin area and
repeal the Boko Haram terrorism attacks against
all the countries neighbouring the lake.’’ According to the sources, Chad is believed to
have its own internal security challenges and this
has reportedly led to their pulling away the
troops manning their own border around Lake
Chad. “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko
Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria,
Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts. “This is a clear illustration of the fact that
terrorism is beyond national borders,” the
sources added. When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media and Publicity, Malam
Garba Shehu, said he was aware that the Defence
Minister would be going to Chad, adding “I’m
unaware of his mission there.’’(NAN)

Peter12396:
Abuja – President Muhammadu Buhari has
summoned Service Chiefs to an emergency
security meeting over the reported killing of
some Nigerian soldiers by Boko Haram sect along
the Nigeria-Chad border on Sunday. It was gathered that the urgent meeting was
necessitated by the latest security developments
across the battle fields in the North East region of
the country. A reliable source, who preferred not to be
named, confirmed this development to NAN in
Abuja on Friday. Federal Government pronouncement on the
latest victims of Boko Haram insurgency was
being delayed because families of the victims
were being identified and contacted. “The President has called an urgent meeting with
the Service Chiefs.
“And the families of the latest victims of the Boko
Haram are being identified and contacts made
before a government pronouncement on the
tragic attacks. “This, it is understood is the reason for the silence
of the government over the incident,’’ the source
added. It would be recalled that President Buhari had
earlier dispatched the Minister of Defence, retired
Brig.-Gen. Mansur Dan-Ali, to Chad for an
emergency meeting with the Chadian President,
Idris Deby, on the deterioration of security at the
Nigeria-Chad border. Dan-Ali had on Thursday briefed President
Buhari on security development across the
country including the recent killings of some
Nigerian soldiers by the Islamic West Africa
Province, a breakaway Boko Haram sect,
operating along Nigeria-Chad border. AFP had quoted security sources on Nov. 21,
saying no less than 44 soldiers were killed
during the attacks, which occurred at Metele, a
remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad. Diplomatic sources, however, told NAN that the
Minister of Defence would also be meeting his
Chadian counterpart during his mission to Chad,
to identify what had led to the recent increase in
Boko Haram terrorism in the area. The sources, who preferred not to be named,
said: “Nigeria has a Chad problem in the Multi-
National Joint Task Force (MNJTF), which was put
together to secure the Lake Chad Basin area and
repeal the Boko Haram terrorism attacks against
all the countries neighbouring the lake.’’ According to the sources, Chad is believed to
have its own internal security challenges and this
has reportedly led to their pulling away the
troops manning their own border around Lake
Chad. “That lacuna is being exploited by the Boko
Haram terrorists, who go in and out of Nigeria,
Niger and Cameroon to launch terrorist acts. “This is a clear illustration of the fact that
terrorism is beyond national borders,” the
sources added. When contacted, the Senior Special Assistant to
the President on Media and Publicity, Malam
Garba Shehu, said he was aware that the Defence
Minister would be going to Chad, adding “I’m
unaware of his mission there.’’(NAN)

Hmmm. This is serious

He should address the nation on the loss.