President Muhammadu Buhari on Thursday presided over a meeting of the National Security Council to review efforts to tackle insecurity in the country.
Briefing State House correspondents after the meeting at the presidential villa, Abuja, Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Sadique Abubakar, said after the review, the council was satisfied that ongoing strategies were achieving desired results
He also affirmed that a committee would be set up to investigate the killing of anti-kidnapping policemen by soldiers in Taraba state.
The Air Force chief said: “This brief is just to acquaint you with the issues discussed during the national security council. The council evaluated the current strategy of managing internal security operations all over the country and we are satisfied with the current efforts, we are making substantial progress in all the areas of conflicts.
“The council also decided that the unfortunate incidents in Taraba State in Ibi, a committee will be set up under the defence headquarters, set up by defence headquarters to critically look into the circumstances that led to the unfortunate incident.
“Finally, we also want to assure Nigerians that the armed forces of Nigeria and other security agencies would continue to work to ensure the security of Nigerian and to also ensure that no individual or group of individuals undermine the territorial integrity of Nigeria.
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“That, in a nutshell, is the outcome of this meeting. “
Asked if the council discussed the issue of using technology and drones to fight crimes as earlier pledged to the south-west leaders, the Chief of Air Staff said, ”technology will continue to play a very critical role in resolving security challenges in Nigeria.
“All the services are using one technology or the other in order to ensure that our country is secured.
“So, security wl continue to play a role and we are also looking at other areas of technology that are not currently in use to ensure that we put together all that is required to ensure the security of Nigerian and Nigerians.”
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