President Muhammadu Buhari is currently presiding over a National Security Council meeting with some former heads of state and some security chiefs.
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Although the agenda of the meeting is not made public, issues bothering on the current security situation in the country are believed to top the agenda. This follows the outbreak of violence across the country during the protest against police brutality and extra-judicial killings, which has led to the loss of lives and destruction of public assets and private properties.
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According to media reports, the meeting which is coordinated from the Council Chamber of the Presidential Villa, Abuja, has in virtual attendance General Yakubu Gowon (rtd.), former President Olusegun Obasanjo, Gen Abdulsalami Abubakar (rtd.), former President Goodluck Jonathan and former head of interim national government, Chief Ernest Shonekan.
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Others who are physically present at the council chambers are Vice President Yemi Osinbajo;Â National Security Adviser, Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd.); Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel Olanisakin; Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; Director-General, Department of State Services, Yusuf Bichi; and Director-General, National Intelligence Agency, Ahmed Rufai, among others are attending with the President.
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This meeting is coming a day after President Buhari’s national broadcast on the security situation in the country calling for an end to the #EndSARS protests as their voices have been loudly heard.
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Mr Olisah, your narrative that “This follows the outbreak of violence across the country during the protest against police brutality and extra-judicial killings, which has led to the loss of lives and destruction of public assets and private properties” is not only biased but misleading. It paints the picture and gives the wrong notion/narrative that the peaceful protesters were the ones engaging in violence meanwhile it is on record that
in Abuja; thugs & Hoodlums allegedly sponsored by the state, were mobilized & could be seen being Conveyed in luxury SUVs suspected to belong to the government/security forces. In other clips, this mercenaries could be seen disembarking from police vans.
In Lagos; there was no mention of or outbreak of any form of looting or violence until men suspected to be from the Nigerian army were sent to massacre innocent protesters converging on Lekki toll gate. So technically the protest was brought to an abrupt end before any form of looting & destruction of properties began. Therefore I would have expected to read something like “This follows the outbreak of violence across the country after peaceful protesters protesting against police brutality and extra-judicial killings, were allegedly shot at by men said to be in Nigerian Army outfit. Unconfirmed numbers of protesters were said to have lost their lives while some others sustained various degrees of injuries. This has led to further unrest and destruction of lives & property.”
Mr Olisah, be careful that you don’t end up carrying on a false narrative. Specific about who the thugs were and who called them in/ who they are working for and armed by. In Abuja peaceful protestors had their cars set in fire, would they have done that themselves?