The service chiefs and the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Kayode Egbetokun, are currently meeting with members of the House of Representatives for a sectoral debate on the nation’s security.
The service chiefs include the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.
The week prior, the House had scheduled a sectoral debate with the security chiefs, as it planned to do with other sectors of the country.
The House of Representatives expressed indignation over the absence of the service chiefs and Egbetokun at an interactive session scheduled to be held last Thursday during plenary.
The security heads instead sent representatives.
Before the executive session, the service chiefs and IGP took turns outlining the various efforts being made to address the security situation in the country.
The Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla, requested that the National Assembly intervene in enhancing surveillance to cover the backwaters, creeks, and other areas behind the coastline.
According to him, if this is done, oil theft, pipeline vandalization, and illegal refining will be monitored 24 hours a day.
