President Bola Tinubu on Monday evening held a closed-door meeting with Nigeria’s Service Chiefs at the State House in Abuja, amid heightened fears over the country’s internal security situation.
The high-level security talks, which began at about 6:45pm, brought together the military high command led by the Chief of Defence Staff, General Olufemi Oluyede.
According to reports, the service chiefs arrived at the Presidential Villa early in the evening and were ushered into the President’s first-floor office.
It was the first engagement between President Tinubu and the military leadership since recent changes in the nation’s defence architecture.
The meeting followed the swearing-in of General Christopher Musa (rtd) as Minister of Defence on December 4, 2025.
Although the agenda of the meeting was not made public, it took place against the backdrop of persistent security challenges across the country.
More than 100 students abducted from a Catholic boarding school in Niger State last November remain in captivity, a situation that has intensified public pressure on the federal government to act decisively.
The discussions also came weeks after President Tinubu declared a national security emergency, during which he ordered the immediate recruitment of additional personnel into the security services.
Tinubu further directed the withdrawal of police officers attached to VIPs to boost frontline operations.
Notably, the meeting followed the Senate’s recent approval of the President’s request to deploy Nigerian troops to Benin Republic.
The proposed deployment was linked to an attempted coup in the neighbouring country, underscoring growing regional security issues in West Africa.
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