Minister of Defence, Brig Gen Mansur Dan-Ali, Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Tukur Yusuf Buratai, Cheif of Defence Staff, Gen Abayomi Gabriel Olonisakin, National Intelligence Agency (NIA), Ayodele Oke and Chief of Naval Staff Rear Admiral Ibok-Ete Ekwe during a security meeting with Service Chiefs at the State House in Abuja.
The Minister of Defence, Mansur Dan-Ali, confirmed, this in a statement issued on Monday in Abuja by his Public Relations Officer, Colonel Tukur Gusau.
Dan-Ali, a retired Brigadier General, said President Buhari gave the approval after he carefully reviewed the ongoing military operations in the country.
“The President’s action came after having carefully reviewed the ongoing military operations across the nation, and the efforts of the Chief of Defence Staff and the Service Chiefs in the counter-insurgency operations in the North East, coupled with the security situation of the Niger Delta region,” the statement read.
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