Buhari Order Security Chiefs To Free all kidnapped persons immediately
About 3,000 people were killed and almost 1,500 kidnapped across Nigeria in the first three months of 2022.
However, President Muhammadu Buhari has directed security agencies to immediately rescue all the people kidnapped by armed persons across Nigeria.
President Buhari stated this while addressing security chiefs at a meeting in Abuja Thursday 21 April 2022.
The president’s position was disclosed by the National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno, who briefed State House correspondents at the end of the meeting.
“The President spoke about his sadness in respect of recent security challenges and developments we have had in the country, in particular the incident in which several Nigerians lost their lives with many more taken into captivity by criminals and bandits.
“Not just those that were captured during the last Kaduna –bound train incident but those that have been in captivity in other parts of the country.
“The President has directed all the operational and intelligence elements to rescue all of these innocent people immediately and unhurt. This is the basis on which other issues were discussed
“The Chief of Defence Staff, the Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police all briefed the preside, not on occurrences in their respective organizations,” the retired major-general said.
PREMIUM TIMES reported that about 3,000 people were killed and almost 1,500 kidnapped across Nigeria in the first three months of 2022.
Mr. Monguno disclosed that he has made some recommendations on how to tackle the security challenges confronting Nigeria. He said the president is reviewing the recommendations.