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The Digest:

President Bola Tinubu has firmly restated his directive for the withdrawal of police officers from VIP escorts. He declared that any minister or senior official requesting special security must now obtain his personal approval, redirecting security focus towards tackling terrorism and kidnapping.

Key Points:
  • President Tinubu stated the move aims to redeploy police personnel to front-line security challenges across the nation.
  • He instructed that all requests for protection must be routed through the Inspector-General of Police and receive his direct clearance.
  • To mitigate exposure, the Minister of Interior was directed to replace withdrawn police escorts with personnel from the Nigeria Security and Civil Defence Corps.
  • The National Security Adviser and DSS were tasked with forming a committee to review and strengthen the overall security deployment structure.
  • Tinubu also called for forest guards to be armed as part of a broader security mobilization.
  • On livestock reform, he handed a directive to the Vice President to identify salvageable grazing reserves for conversion into ranches.
  • The goal is to transform the livestock sector and decisively address recurring herder-farmer conflicts through state collaboration.
The reaffirmation marks a decisive centralization of security privilege, challenging entrenched protocols in an effort to recalibrate national safety towards collective, rather than exclusive, protection.

Sources: Channels TV, Tribune

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