Buhari Summons Service Chiefs Amidst Call For Their Sack

President Muhammadu Buhari and his service chiefs are said to currently be meeting at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

The meeting is coming on the heels of Wednesday’s calls from the upper and lower legislative chambers of the National Assembly for Buhari to sack the service chiefs over worsening security situation in the country.

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The security council meeting is said to have in attendance security advisers and the service chiefs.

Those attending include the Chief of Defense Staff, General Gabriel Olonisakin; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. Gen. Tukur Buratai; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Ibok Ekwe Ibas; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Sadique Abubakar; Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ahmed Rafa’i Abubakar; and the Director-General of the Directorate of State Services (DSS) Yusuf Magaji Bichi.

Other top cabinet members in attendance are the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Boss Mustapha; Chief of Staff to the President, Abba Kyari; Minister of Defense Maj. Gen. Bashir Salihi Mahashi (Rtd.); Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola; and the National Security Adviser (NSA) Maj. Gen. Babagana Monguno (Rtd.).

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