Badaru meets CDS, Service Chiefs, unfolds operational strategy to tackle insecurity
By Emma Ogbuehi
In a move seen as enhancing the national security, the Minister of Defence, Muhammad Badaru Abubakar, on Tuesday, April 15, 2025, held an operational briefing with the Chief of Defence Staff (CDS) alongside the Service Chiefs at the Ministry of Defence in Abuja.
The meeting was convened to provide the Minister with a comprehensive appraisal of the prevailing security landscape across the country. The briefing focused on the operational engagements, challenges, and strategic efforts of the Armed Forces of Nigeria in combating insecurity and restoring peace to troubled regions.
In particular, the Minister was briefed on the current security situation in the North East, Plateau State, North West, North Central and South East regions, being areas mostly affected by insurgency, banditry and communal unrest.
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The discussions centred on how to boost ongoing military operations, intelligence coordination, inter-agency collaboration and resource allocation to achieve sustainable peace and national stability. The security situations in Borno and Plateau states were extensively discussed.
Accordingly, viable strategies were developed to effectively counter them and restore normalcy in the affected areas. The Minister further stressed his firm commitment to working in collaboration with the Armed Forces to evolve effective strategies that will bring lasting solutions to Nigeria’s security challenges. He also reaffirmed the unwavering support of the President for the Armed Forces and emphasised the need for a proactive, intelligence-driven, and community-engaged approach to national defence.
The Minister further pointed out that the briefing provided a clearer picture of the operational realities on the ground in addition to what he witnessed during his visits, adding that it also afforded the Armed Forces opportunity to reel out their efforts and strategies to ensure the protection of lives and property of Nigerians as mandated in the constitution.
“We are determined to support our gallant troops with the necessary tools and policies needed to win the fight against insecurity and ensure that every Nigerian lives in safety and dignity”, Badaru stated, according to a release by Sani Datti, for Director Information and Public Relations in the Ministry
