BREAKING: Senate Postpones Meeting With Service Chiefs, IGP

The Senate has announced the postponement of its scheduled meeting with Service Chiefs and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to Thursday.
After an exhaustive debate at the Senate, last Tuesday, the upper chamber had resolved to invite the heads of the nation’s Armed Forces over the current security challenges bedeviling the country.

The Senate has announced the postponement of its scheduled meeting with Service Chiefs, the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA), and the Inspector General of Police (IGP) to Thursday.

This was made known by the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan, at the plenary on Tuesday.

Lawan stated that the security chiefs, who are supposed to brief the Senate, are still engaged at the National Security Council meeting which may extend till Wednesday.

“The briefing will be very crucial, for us to be properly informed and properly guided.

“The only item on the Order Paper on Thursday will be the briefing,” the Senate President said.

After an exhaustive debate at the Senate, last Tuesday, the upper chamber had resolved to invite the heads of the nation’s Armed Forces and other security agencies over the current security challenges bedeviling the country.

It had also disclosed that its leadership would meet with President Muhammdu Buhari to seek ways of addressing the deteriorating security situation in the country.