President Muhammadu Buhari and the National Security Adviser, Col. Sambo Dasuki (retd.) had a close-door meeting on Monday.
The meeting, it was gathered took place at the Defence House, Abuja, and was aimed at taking a look at the security situation in the country.
Meanwhile, the President’s media office has announced that Buhari would on Wednesday and Thursday visit Niger and Chad as part of the efforts to end the lingering Boko Haram crisis in the country.
Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media, Malam Garba Shehu, said the President’s visit would focus on ways to end the nagging security issue.
This will be the President’s first official visit outside the country since assuming office on Friday.
According to Shehu, the two-day trip will focus on “matters of security, because Nigeria needs the cooperation of its neighbours to succeed in its campaign against the terrorist sect, whose activities have so far claimed an estimated 15,000 lives since 2009.
He said, “Buhari will go the Niger Republic on Wednesday and will spend a night there before proceeding to Chad the next day (Thursday)”.
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