* Uzodimma rallies support against insecurity
Deji Elumoye
Apparently worried over the worsening insecurity in the country, President Muhammadu Buhari yesterday held emergency security meeting to review the security reports across the country.
The meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, was attended by Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo; Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Boss Mustapha; Ministers of Defence, Major-General Bashir Magashi (retd.); Minister of Foreign Affairs, Geoffery Onyema; and the National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (retd.).
Others, who attended were the Chief of Defence Staff, General Lucky Irabor; Chief of Army Staff, Major General Farouk Yahaya; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Awwal Zubairu; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Isiaka Amoo; Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba; the Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufa’I; and the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi, among others.
However, journalists were not briefed at the end of the meeting.
In a related development, Imo State Governor, Senator Hope Uzodimma, yesterday rallied the support of all stakeholders to tackle insecurity, saying that him alone cannot resolve the challenges of insecurity in his state.
Uzodimma, who briefed Buhari at the Presidential Villa, Abuja yesterday, said: “In Imo State as I speak to you, only me cannot restore security; only me cannot guarantee security.
“I have to work with traditional rulers; I have to work with opinion leaders. I have to work with the youth leaders to be able to deploy a community kind of security programme, to be able to resist what is going on today,” he explained.
Uzodimma accused past political office holders of not speaking up against the escalating violence in the state.
