The Digest:
President Bola Tinubu has convened his top security leadership, delivering a directive for "better and faster results" in the fight against pervasive insecurity, signaling dwindling patience with the status quo.
Key Points:
- President Bola Tinubu held a closed-door meeting with all service chiefs and security agency heads at the Aso Villa on Tuesday.
- The President directed the officials to "step up their game" and deliver tangible results against banditry, terrorism, and other threats.
- Attendees included Chief of Defence Staff Gen. Olufemi Oluyede, the service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and heads of the DSS and NIA.
- The meeting lasted over one hour following the launch of the 2026 Armed Forces Remembrance Day emblem.
- General Oluyede described the session as "very engaging" and said the agencies are coordinating for a peaceful holiday season.
- This meeting occurs amidst a severe national kidnapping crisis and escalating attacks nationwide.
- It precedes the Senate's planned screening of a new Minister of Defence, highlighting a period of intense security sector scrutiny.
Sources: The Cable, Vanguard
