Here is Buhari’s London gift to IPOB

Chief of Defence Staff, Abayomi Olonisakin, has revealed that the issues of the alleged Secret Service of the Indigenous People of Biafra (IPOB) and Boko Haram were among the top issues President Muhammadu Buhari discussed with the service chiefs during his first meeting with since he returned from London, the United Kingdom where he spent 104 days treating a yet-to-be disclosed ailment.

He said the President has given some directives, including the tackling insecurity the threats. The threats, the security chief, would be carried out by the military and the security agencies soon.

It would be recalled that a video and photographs showing Nnamdi Kanu, the leader of IPOD, inspecting a group captioned as Biafra’s Secret Service (BSS) hit the Internet recently.

The meeting between Buhari and the security advisers lasted for hours. The meeting held at the President’s residence in Abuja was said to have discussed extensively security challenges and strategies for taming them.

Olonisakin said: “We have been meeting with Mr. President for the last three hours. We updated him on all security issues around the country, within the country and outside the country, where our troops are.

“Of course, we have just updated him because he is aware of what’s been happening. He has been receiving regular briefings from the acting president and he has also been going through the print media and electronic media to follow the happenings in the country.

“After the meeting, he has directed on some areas we should look at so as to enhance our operations in the country.

“The issues of security, every security threat, all security threats were treated one after the other ranging from terrorism to kidnapping, herdsmen/farmers clash, to IPOB issue.

“In his address to the nation, he talked about the unity of the nation which is non-negotiable. We have all been fully instructed to ensure that that directive is carried out to the letter.

“We are going to enhance our operations in all the areas we need to do that. Like I said, he has given the necessary directives which will be carried out by the military and the security agencies.”