in the country especially the Jos
crisis at the weekend which
reportedly claimed over 100 lives
was top of the issues discussed.
Senator Gyang Dantong and the
Majority Leader of the Plateau
State House of Assembly, Gyang
Fulani, were killed on Sunday in
the renewed violence.
The meeting lasted over three
hours.
At the end of the meeting, the
security chiefs shun reporters
who had waited eagerly to find
out the outcome of the meeting
and possibly the decisions
reached on states like Niger,
Plateau, Yobe and Borno where
government had declared state
of emergency since last year.
The security chiefs turned down
questions from reporters.
The Chief of Defence Staff, Air
Chief Marshal Oluseyi Petinrin,
referred journalists to the
National Security Adviser, Col.
Sambo Dasuki (rtd).
Dasuki came out about ten
minutes after the security chiefs
have left and when approached
referred journalists back to
Petinrin for comment.
"Is that what the CDS said (that I
am the one to talk)? Ok. I am
now saying go back to the CDS."
When told that the CDS had left
the State House, Dasuki kept
mum.
When asked on the latest on the
Jos killings, the NSA responded,
"Is that what happened? No, that
was not what happened!"
He forced his way through the
barrage of Journalists who tried
to get information from him on
some of the things that
transpired at the meeting,
entered his waiting car and
zoomed off.
The meeting was attended by –
Dasuki, Petinrin, Minister of State,
Defence, Mrs. Olusola Obada;
Minister of Police Affairs, Caleb
Olubolade; Minister of Interior,
Mr. Abba Moro; acting Inspector-
General of Police, Mr. Muhammed
Abubakar and the Chief of Army
Staff, Lt-Gen. Azubuike Ihejirika.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice-
Admiral Ola Ibrahim; Chief of Air
Staff, Air Marshal Mohammed
Umar; and the Director-General,
State Security Service, Mr. Ita
Ekpenyong, were also in
attendance.
SOURCE:: The N
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