summoned an emergency security
meeting following an attack by
suspected members of Boko Haram
sect in some parts of Maiduguri on
Monday.
Those in attendance at the meeting
were the National Security Adviser,
retired Col. Sambo Dasuki, and the
Chief of Defence Staff (CDS),
Admiral Ola Ibrahim.
The others are the Chief of Army
Staff (COAS), Lt.-Gen. Azubuike
Ihejirika, and the Chief of Air Staff,
Air Marshal Alex Badeh.
There was no official statement at
the end of the meeting held in the
office of the President at the State
House.
The CDS, who emerged from the
meeting at about 3.40 p.m.,
declined interview with the State
House correspondents.
On the situation in Maiduguri, he
said “it is being managed’’.
The Chief of Air Staff also declined
to comments, saying “please ask
the CDS, it is only the CDS that can
talks for all of us’’.
NAN reports that following the
attack by the suspected Boko
Haram sect, the Borno government
had imposed a 24-hour curfew on
Maiduguri metropolis.
The Secretary to the State
Government, Alhaji Ahmed Jidda,
had announced the decision in a
statement released to newsmen in
Maiduguri.
The statement said the curfew was
imposed in consultation with the 7
Division of the Nigerian Army in
Maiduguri.
“During the period of curfew,
government pleads with all citizens
to remain calm.
“Only vehicles on emergency calls
and essential services are allowed
to move while the curfew will be
lifted as soon as situation
improves,” it added. [NAN]
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