BY Francesca Hangeior
The Senate has stood down every business in Tuesday’s Order Paper to brainstorm with the service chiefs, heads of security agencies, the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, and ministers at plenary, just as it has resolved to go into a closed-door session.
The motion to admit the Service Chiefs and the National Security Adviser, Mallam Nuhu Ribadu, was moved at 12.33 p.m. by the Senate Leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele, APC, Ekiti Central, and supported by the Senate Minority Leader, Senator Abba Moro, PDP, Benue South.
The Service Chiefs were in the hallowed chamber at 12.37 pm, and the Senate entered into a closed-door session to discuss with the Service Chiefs at 12.49 pm following a motion by Opeyemi Bamidele and supported by Abba Moro.
At the Chamber are the Minister of Defence, Abubakar Badaru; Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawale; Minister of Police Affairs, Senator Ibrahim Geidam; Minister of State for Police Affairs, Imaan Ibrahim; Minister of Interior, Hon Olubunmi Tunji Ojo; Minister of Finance, Olawale Edun; and Director General of National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai Abubakar.
Also in the Chamber are the NSA, Nuhu Ribadu; the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Hasan Bala Abubakar; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; and the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Magaji Bichi, among others.