Kayode Kolawole
President Bola Tinubu has urged the newly appointed service chiefs to work as a team for the security of the nation.
Tinubu made this call during a meeting with the new National Security Adviser (NSA) Nuhu Ribadu and the new service chiefs for the first time, since their appointment on June 19, 2023.
Speaking after the meeting to newsmen, the NSA said the President has assured the service chiefs of his unwavering support, thus they have pledged loyalty to the President and Nigerians and reiterated their commitment to work tirelessly to secure the country.
Ribadu said, “We are here to thank Mr. President for the opportunity he gave us to serve our country and to serve his own government. We also pledged our loyalty to him, to Nigeria and Nigerians.
“We believe that the choice he made is the right one, the correct one, and we know what he wants for this country. We are going to work tirelessly to ensure that we accomplish that objective of securing our country, establishing peace, stability and let’s get our lives back.”
“Where we are today, and you can see already, things are improving in our country. If you see, the record of crimes and activities of criminals are going down, it will continue to go down. We’ll secure this place,
“Nigerians have seen the quality of the people that are given the opportunity, they are probably some of the best we have and they are not going to fail you, they’ll certainly deliver.”
Present at the security meeting were the Chief of Defense Staff, Maj. Gen. C.G Musa; the Chief of Army Staff, Maj. Gen T. A Lagbaja; the Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral E. A Ogalla; and the Chief of Air Staff, AVM H.B Abubakar and Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun.