The Nigeria Governors’ Forum (NGF), on Wednesday evening, had a meeting with the National Security Adviser to the President, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu and Minister of Defence, Mohammed Abubakar.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the meeting under the leadership of the Forum Chairman, Mallam AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, who is the Kwara State Governor, held at the NGF Secretariat in Abuja.
The governors in attendance included those of Anambra, Akwa-Ibom, Oyo, Kwara, Osun, Plateau, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Kogi, Ondo, Imo, Cross-River, Ogun and Edo.
Though the meeting agenda was not disclosed, it might not be unconnected from the issue of insecurity in the country, especially the latest killings in Yelewata, Benue State.
NAN reports that President Bola Tinubu, earlier on Wednesday, visited the troubled state where he held a stakeholders meeting with the people at the Government House, Markudi.
A reliable source said that the meeting was taking briefing from the NSA and the Minister of Defense.
At the stakeholders’ forum in Makurdi, the President directed the Inspector General of Police (IGP) Kayode Egbetokun, and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa, to immediately arrest killer-herders who perpetrated the heinous killing of over 100 people in Yelewata community of Benue State.
The meeting included the Secretary to the Government of the Federation, Senator George Akume; traditional rulers; and former governors of the state.
President Tinubu called out the IGP to know why arrests had not been made.
He also urged the heads of the Department of State Services, and the National Intelligence Agency to intensify surveillance and gather actionable intelligence to apprehend the perpetrators.
