By Baron Ike
President Muhammadu Buhari has held a crucial meeting with Nigeria’s security chiefs at the presidential villa in Abuja.
The meeting was at the instance of the clash between members of the Islamic Movement of Nigeria (IMN) and the police that resulted in the killing of a deputy commisioner of police (DCP) in charge of operations at the Federal Capital Territory Command, Usman Umar Bebel.
The meeting reportedly started at 4 pm on Monday, and there were feelers Buhari was very angry and would not want what happened to repeat itself.
Security source said the president may want to repeat his earlier directive to the security agencies to wield the big stick where the unity and peace of the country is threatened.
Those in attendance at the meeting were the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Air Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and the Inspector General of Police.