President Bola Tinubu has given security services marching orders to address national insecurity.
“Enough is enough,” Tinubu declared as he ordered a comprehensive revision of Nigeria’s security strategy.
He gave the order in a statement signed by his spokesperson, Bayo Onanuga, after a meeting with security officials on Wednesday at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
The states of Borno, Benue, Plateau, and Kwara have all seen murders.
But according to the statement, Tinubu ordered a new strategy to handle insecurity nationwide, according to National Security Advisor (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, who spoke to State House Correspondents following the meeting.
Ribadu said, “Mr President gave us the chance to come and brief him again. It lasted very long. We gave him an update on what was going on.”
He explained that while the President was on official visits to Paris and London, he remained actively involved and continued to issue instructions to security agencies.
“Today, we had the opportunity to come and brief him again, and it lasted hours. It was a very detailed briefing, and it was exhaustive.
“The issue of insecurity often is not just at the higher levels. It involves the subunits. They are the ones who are directly with the people, especially when some of the challenges border on community problems.
“We need to work with the communities. We need to work with the local governments, and we need to work with the governors.
“The President directed that we work more with governors,” he said.
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Ribadu noted that the President was “very worried and concerned” at the meeting.
“He said, ‘Enough is enough’. We are working to ensure that we restore peace and security.”
“We were all at the meeting with the President, armed forces, police, and intelligence community,” Ribadu added.
