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JUST IN: Buhari Cancels Trip To Edo
President Muhammadu Buhari’s visit to Edo on Tuesday may have been cancelled as the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference, initially billed to hold in Benin City has been shifted to Maiduguri, Borno State.
President Buhari’s aide on New Media, Alhaji Bashir Ahmad, confirmed this development on his tweeter handle on Sunday evening.
He said: “President Muhammadu Buhari is expected to declare the COAS Annual Conference on Nov. 28, 2018 at the Conference Hall CGH in Maiduguri, Borno state.
“The conference was earlier scheduled to take place from 26 -28 November 2018 in Benin, Edo state.
The arrangements had been completed by Edo State Government to host President Buhari on Nov. 27 where he was billed to inaugurate the Edo-Azura Power Plant and grace the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference.
The shifting of the Chief of Army Staff (COAS) Annual Conference from Benin City to Maiduguri might not be unconnected with the killing of Nigerian soldiers at Metele, a remote village bordering Nigeria and Chad.
President Buhari would use the opportunity of the COAS conference to address the Nigerian soldiers at the battlefields to further boost their morale.
It would be recalled that President Buhari had on Sunday presided over a meeting of security chiefs at the Presidential Villa, Abuja, as part of the ongoing efforts to engage military and intelligence community towards addressing Boko Haram insurgency.
In a tweet in Abuja on Sunday, the President’s aide on New Media, Bashir Ahmad, said all the service chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, Idris Ibrahim and the Director-General of the Department of State Service (DSS), Yusuf Bichi were part of the meeting.
“All the Service Chiefs, I-G of Police and DG of DSS were at the State House this morning. As President Buhari said (Saturday) yesterday, in the coming days, he will be engaging the Military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking,’’ Ahmad said in the tweet.
President Buhari had pledged on Saturday to ensure that the loopholes, which led to the fatalities are blocked once and for all.
On 18 November, the Al Barnawi faction of Boko Haram attack the 157 Task Force Battalion based at Metele in northern part of Borno state, killing scores of Nigerian troops.
The military authorities are yet to give the specific number of casualties.
Buhari in a statement issued by his Senior Special Assistant on Media and Publicity, Malam Garba Shehu in Abuja on Saturday, reiterated his administration’s commitment to the security of military personnel and other citizens.
“No responsible Commander-in-Chief would rest on his oars or fold his hands to allow terrorists to endanger the lives of military personnel and other citizens”, Shehu quoted the president as saying.
“Our loyal forces have proved their strength over the terrorists and we are ready to give them all the needed support, in terms of equipment and manpower, to succeed in ending the renewed threat.
“In the coming days, I am engaging the military and Intelligence Chiefs in extensive discussions on the next steps we shall be taking.”
The President noted that fighting terrorism had taken a global dimension, which necessitated international collaboration among states facing similar security challenges.
He, therefore, reassured Nigerians of his continued commitment to their security and of his efforts to sustain the momentum in the previous significant successes recorded against the terrorists.
The president, however, advised Nigerians against making a political capital out of the national tragedy, saying “members of the armed forces are one family, commonly committed to the security and safety of all Nigerians.’’
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Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 11:31 am
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 11:14 am
Hmmmm
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 10:16 am
Jubril is fake how can he go out
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 10:13 am
Maka why?
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 10:01 am
Fear
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:46 am
When a tramadol based president rule a country, what do you have expect?
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:42 am
If he goes there they will remove his cap Edo people wicked O! JUBRIL ON THE RUN.
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:34 am
Nawaoo because he must remove his cap to greet the Oba of Benin lol
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 10:58 am
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:30 am
Dis guy buhari is fake, his cup gonna full soon, did u know dat buhari went to APC governorship campaign in Anambra state and he didn’t talk anything, he was been shielded, something is wrong somewhere
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:35 am
So he has become dumb?
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:38 am
Ernest Jombo yes. Hahahahahahaaaaa
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:19 am
Jubril cancel trip to Edo
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:17 am
Wilson Jasper Daniel Okhibhamen
African Union Heads of State and Government have observed a minutes’s silence in the memory of late Nigeria President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday during the 28th ordinary session of AU Summit in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia.
During the official opening session of the AU Summit, Chadian President Idriss Deby Itno, the incumbent AU President, invited the African leaders to ovserve a minute’s silence in the memory of “our late brother,” the NIgeria President Muhammadu Buhari.
African leaders have gathered in Addis Ababa Ethiopia, to attend the Ordinary Session of the Assembly of the African Union(AU).
The Summit, which is to take place from 30th to 31st January, will be preceded by a meeting of the Executive Council.
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Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:16 am
Lifeless you will remain in door till your deportation time come close.
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:12 am
Lolz
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:09 am
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 9:08 am
Because he don’t want to remove his cap.
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 8:58 am
Tibril I guess. He doesn’t want to be recognized. Chaii naija na really pap. Naija dis make noise say how one man fit di rule Cameroun for 40 years, but na foreigner di rule naija. G
Anonymous
November 26, 2018 at 8:54 am
Buhari or Jibril?!