President Buhari has approved new measures to tackle insecurities faced by the South-East and South-South Geo-political zones of the country.
The acting Inspector-General of Police, Usman Baba, made this known on Tuesday after a security meeting in Abuja presided over by President Buhari.
Baba said: “We have some measures which we have outlined and have been approved by the Council and we’ll see how we can change the narrative within the quickest possible means to restore law and order and restore peace in that area.”
“We solicit all law abiding citizens to work with us to identify and deal with the situation. That is that, I may not go into the details of how we will do that,” he said.
Baba briefed journalists alongside the National Security Adviser to the President (NSA), retired Maj.-Gen. Babagana Monguno, and the Chief of Defence Staff, Gen. Lucky Irabor.
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Monguno revealed that he would not go into details of the new measures they are about to adopt but that President Buhari has directed security agencies to deal decisively with those unleashing mayhem in the country.
He also said that “the president “will not relent in his duty of ensuring every Nigerian is protected.”
He said: “What I am saying has to do with the orders given by the President, Commander in Chief to the Chief of Defence Staff, including the Service Chiefs, including the Inspector General of Police.
“I do not think I will want to go into details of the new measures.
“We have decided not to go along the path that we followed in the past whereby, certain operation and tactical decisions were made public; of course, we are in a situation whereby, we are fighting enemies that are not really known.
“The important thing is that the President has given us marching orders to deal physically with the emerging problems and of course, dealing with it from the realists’ paradigm.”
“President Buhari‘s approach to dealing with this problem basically is that he recognises that his primary responsibility is ensuring national survival in a hostile environment.
“Whether that hostility is domestic or external, it has to be suppressed and therefore, he has given a clear line of action to the operational elements under the leadership of the Chief of Defence Staff,” he said.