During a closed-door meeting at the Presidential Villa in Abuja, President Bola Tinubu emphasized the importance of teamwork and fulfilling their responsibilities to the newly appointed service chiefs, National Security Adviser (NSA), and acting Inspector General of Police (IGP).
Assuring the President and the nation, the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, expressed confidence that the security agencies would successfully secure the country and establish peace and stability.
Although further details of the meeting were not disclosed, the President’s directive to work collaboratively and accomplish their respective mandates was highlighted by Mallam Ribadu during a briefing with state house correspondents.
Speaking on the outcome of the meeting, he said, “We’re 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’re 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 hundred 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.”
When asked to speak on what will be the starting point of the new security heads, he said, “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.”
Aside NSA, others present at the meeting include 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.