Nigeria Security Service Chiefs have assured Nigerians that they will not fail in eradicating insecurity in the country.
This came following a closed door meeting President Tinubu had yesterday with the Service Chiefs including the National Security Adviser (NSA) and the acting Inspector General of Police (IGP) barely two weeks after he announced their appointment as Security Chiefs.
Recall, that in his inaugural address on Monday May 29, President Bola Tinubu had promised Nigerians that security would be of top priority for his administration.
The meeting yesterday, Nigerian NewsDirect gathered was anchored on demands of the President on the Service Chiefs to deliver with concrete result on the task they have been appointed to perform without excuse.
The National Security Adviser (NSA), Mallam Nuhu Ribadu who spoke on behalf of the Security Chiefs assured the President and Nigerians that the Security Chiefs will perform up to expectation in the objective of securing the Country for peace and stability.
Briefing State House correspondents at the end of the meeting, the NSA disclosed that the President directed them to work as a team and deliver on their mandate. Mentioning that the President has made the right decision in the choice of their appointments, he said the Security Heads have already started working with results now recording crime rate subsiding.
Disclosing highlights of the outcome of the meeting, he said, “We are here to thank Mr President for the opportunity he gave us to serve our Country and to serve his own government. We also pledged our loyalty to him, Nigeria and Nigerians.
“We believe the choice he made is the right one, the correct one, and we know what he wants for this country. We are going to work tirelessly to ensure that we accomplish that objective of securing our country, establishing peace, stability and let’s get our lives back.
“He gave us the assurance that he’s with us 100 percent. He told us that we must work as a team and that there’s work to be done, he’ll expect us to deliver and we’re grateful for the opportunity. That’s why we are here.
“Where we are today and you can see already things are improving in our Country. If you see the record of crimes and activities of criminals are going down, it will continue to go down. We’ll secure this place.
“Nigerians have seen the quality of the people that are given opportunity, they are probably some of the best we have and they are not going to fail you, they’ll certainly deliver,” Ribadu concluded.
President Tinubu demanded the Security Chiefs to deliver as a team the mandate placed upon them and not to give excuse but provide results.
In attendance at the closed door meeting included the Chief of Defence Staff, Major General Christopher Musa, the Chief of Army Staff, Major General Taoreed Lagbaja, the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, the Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and the Acting IGP, Kayode Egbetokun.
