President Bola Tinubu is currently holding his first meeting with the National Security Adviser (NSA), Nuhu Ribadu, the new service chiefs, and the Acting Inspector-General of Police (IGP) at the Presidential Villa in Abuja. This meeting comes two weeks after President Tinubu approved the appointment of this new set of security managers.
Leading the security chiefs and the Acting IGP to the meeting is the NSA, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu. The attendees 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.
It should be noted that President Tinubu had recently relieved the Chief of Defence Staff, Service Chiefs, the IGP, Usman Baba Alkali, and the Comptroller General of the Nigeria Customs Service, Col. Hameed Ali. In their place, he appointed Mallam Nuhu Ribadu as the National Security Adviser; Maj. Gen. C.G Musa as the Chief of Defence Staff; Maj. Gen. T. A Lagbaja as the Chief of Army Staff; Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla as the Chief of Naval Staff; AVM H.B Abubakar as the Chief of Air Staff; DIG Kayode Egbetokun as the Acting Inspector-General of Police; and Maj. Gen. EPA Undiandeye as the Chief of Defence Intelligence.
President Tinubu also approved the following appointments: 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. Col. Olumide A. Akingbesote, 176 Guards Battalion, Gwagwalada, Abuja.
Similarly, the President has approved the appointments of other Military Officers in the Presidential Villa as follows: Maj. Isa Farouk Audu (N/14695), Commanding Officer, State House Artillery; 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. TS Adeola (N/12860) Commanding Officer, State House Armament; and, Lt. A. Aminu (N/18578), Second-in-Command, State House Armament.