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The Chief of Staff to the President, Malam Abba Kyari, on Friday met behind closed-doors with service chiefs over the Boko Haram insurgency.
In attendance were the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin and the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, who were seen leaving the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja at about 9.00am.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, was among other top government officials who also attended the meeting which was held at the Office of the Chief of Staff.
A presidency source told Dailytrust that the participants discussed the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east.
The source, said the meeting was convened to discuss ways of ending the crisis as quickly as possible. He added that the Chief of Air Staff, AVM Sadique Abubakar and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Iba, could not attend the meeting because they were not around.
The meeting came as the Boko Haram intensified intermittent attacks on remote communities in Borno State, with an increase in suicide bombing by the militants or their recruits on civilian and military targets.
In attendance were the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Abayomi Olonisakin and the Chief of Army Staff, Major-General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, who were seen leaving the Aso Rock Presidential Villa in Abuja at about 9.00am.
The Minister of Finance, Mrs Kemi Adeosun, was among other top government officials who also attended the meeting which was held at the Office of the Chief of Staff.
A presidency source told Dailytrust that the participants discussed the humanitarian crisis caused by the Boko Haram insurgency in the north-east.
The source, said the meeting was convened to discuss ways of ending the crisis as quickly as possible. He added that the Chief of Air Staff, AVM Sadique Abubakar and the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe Iba, could not attend the meeting because they were not around.
The meeting came as the Boko Haram intensified intermittent attacks on remote communities in Borno State, with an increase in suicide bombing by the militants or their recruits on civilian and military targets.
