The National Security Adviser, NSA, Malam Nuhu Ribadu, was said to have given lawmakers in the upper legislative chamber a lowdown on the results yielded by the efforts of security agencies to tame insecurity in the country. The NSA's briefing was at the request of the Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, who, through the resolution of the chamber last week, summoned the meeting of security chiefs with the Minister of Finance, Wale Edun.
Akpabio, in his remarks, lamented the spate of insecurity across states and in Abuja. He expressed the determination of the Senate to intervene to stem the tide of insecurity. The NSA, Minister of Interior Tunji Ojo, Minister of Defence Abubakar Badaru, his Finance counterparts, and service chiefs took turns speaking with Nuhu Ribadu, insisting that the exploits of security agents averted any major terrorist attack since President Bola Tinubu took over in May last yea