The enlarged security meeting convened by President Goodluck Jonathan on Thursday rose with a directive to the military to do everything possible to rescue the schoolgirls abducted by Boko Haram insurgents last week in Chibok, Borno State.
The meeting also flayed Governor Murtala Nyako of Adamawa State over a memo he sent to his colleagues in the North, accusing the Federal Government of genocide against the region.
Participants at the meeting,especially state governors were therefore warned to avoid inflammatory comments that could compound the already deteriorating security situation in the country.
The emergency rule in Adamawa, Borno and Yobe states that has been on for close to a year was however not discussed at the meeting which lasted about seven hours.
The meeting which was attended by all the state governors, heads of all military and paramilitary agencies discussed overall security situation in the country, including the insurgency in the North-East,cattle rustling and kidnapping.
It also had the National President,Christian Association of Nigeria, Pastor Ayo Oritsejafor, and the Sultan of Sokoto, Alhaji Sa’ad Abubakar III.
The Minister of Defence, Aliyu Gusau, and Governor Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Theodore Orji (Abia), Kayode Fayemi (Ekiti), as well as Kashim Shettima (State) briefed State House correspondents on the outcome of the meeting.
Olalekan Adetayo
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