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U.S. Navy Adm. Christopher W. Grady, Vice Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, meets with General Christopher Musa, Chief of the Defense Staff of Nigeria, at the Pentagon, Washington, D.C., January 19, 2024. (DOD photo by Staff Sgt. Alexander Nieves)
The Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Christopher Musa, is billed to have a strategic closed-door meeting with all heads of security forces in the country, on Tuesday August 6.
New Telegraph had on Monday reported that the National Security Council had a meeting with President Bola Tinubu at the state house on Monday.
The military chief, after the meeting said the President had given security agencies a directive to clamp down on those whom he said were involving in “treasonable felony”.
Though the agenda of the meeting was not disclosed, it was learnt that the meeting was cantered on how security forces would implement the crackdown order given by President Bola Tinubu.
A source at Defence Headquarters, the venue of the meeting revealed that heads of intelligence agencies such as DSS, NIA, DIA and the Inspector-General of Police were in attendance.
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The source added that the Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja; the Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla and the Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar attended meeting.
The official also said heads of Correctional Services, Immigration, Customs, NSCDC among other paramilitary organisations were invited.
The official said, “The meeting will start any moment from now. It is a strategic meeting on implementation of the order given by the President and Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces.”
