The National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, new service chiefs, and the Acting Inspector-General of Police, IGP, are now attending President Bola Tinubu’s first meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja.
Recall that two weeks ago, President Tinubu gave his approval for the nomination of the new group of security managers.
The acting IGP and the security chiefs are being led to the meeting by the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu.
Major General Christopher Musa (Chief of Defence Staff), Major General Taoreed Lagbaja (Chief of Army Staff), Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla (Chief of Naval Staff), Hassan Abubakar (Air Vice Marshal), and Kayode Egbetokun (Acting IGP) were also in attendance.
Also, keep in mind that Tinubu dismissed the Chief of Defence Staff, all of the nation’s Service Chiefs, IGP Usman Baba Alkali, the Inspector General of Police, and Col. Hameed Ali, the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service.
As National Security Advisor, he named Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. He also named Maj. Gen. C.G. Musa as Chief of Defence Staff, Maj. Gen. T. A. Lagbaja as Chief of Army Staff, Rear Admiral E. A. Ogalla as Chief of Naval Staff, AVM H. B. Abubakar as Chief of Air Staff, DIG Kayode Egbetokun as Acting Inspector-General of Police, and Maj. Gen.
Col. Adebisi Onasanya, Commander, Brigade of Guards; Lt. Col. Moshood Abiodun Yusuf, 7 Guards Battalion, Asokoro, Abuja; Lt. Col. Auwalu Baba Inuwa 177, Guards Battalion, Keffi, Nasarawa State; Lt. Col. Mohammed J. Abdulkarim, 102 Guards Battalion, Suleja, Niger state; and Lt.
The President has also approved the appointments of the following military officers to the Presidential Villa: Maj. TS Adeola (N/12860), Commanding Officer, State House Armament; Capt. Kazeem Olalekan Sunmonu (N/16183), Second-in-Command, State House Artillery; Maj. Kamaru Koyejo Hamzat (N/14656), Commanding Officer, State House Military Intelligence; Maj. Isa Farouk Audu (N/14695)