Oyo Abduction: Tinubu Holds Meeting With NSA, Security Chiefs

The meeting which took place on Thursday was a closed door one, even though the Presidency later released the official photograph taken during the meeting.

According to sources from the meeting, the emergency meeting was held to review the challenging security situation in the country.

It’s also coming on the heels of the ongoing efforts by security agencies to rescue some teaches and students abducted two months ago in Orire Local Government in Oyo state.

Over 40 students and teachers were abducted on May 15 by suspected terrorists who have refused to release them.

The Minister of Defence, Gen Christopher Muas said during an event in Abuja, on Thursday that the reason why they have not been rescued was because the terrorists threatened to kill the abductees if any attempt is made to rescue them by security forces.

The magazine however learned that security agencies are gradually closing in on the terrorists who are believed to be currently trapped in the Oyo National Park.

It was also learned that President Tinubu was briefed on the situation about the ongoing rescue efforts by the top security chiefs yesterday during the meeting.

Those present during the meeting include Nuhu Ribadu, the National Security Adviser, NSA; Minister of Defence, General Christopher Musa (retd.); Special Adviser to the President on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka Famadewa (retd.);

Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Isa; and the Chief of Defence Intelligence, Lieutenant General Emmanuel Undiandeye.

Also at the meeting include Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS Adeola Ajayi; Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Mohammed Mohammed; and the Inspector-General of Police, Tunji Disu, among others.

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