APC governors shun security meeting with Jonathan

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Governors under the aegis of the All Progressive Congress Thursday afternoon shunned the meeting convened by President Goodluck Jonathan to review the escalating security situation in the country.

It would  be recalled that the president summoned the meeting following the bomb blast in Nyanya and the abduction of secondary school students in a girl school in Borno.

Governors of the new mega party, APC in Lagos last week

Governors of the new mega party, APC in Lagos last week

The enlarged meeting of the National Security Council commenced at about 2:00pm Thursday afternoon and had in attendance governors  Gabriel Suswan (Benue), Martin Elechi (Ebonyi), Ramalan Yero (Kaduna), Isa Yuguda(Bauchi), Theodore Orji (Abia), Ibrahim Dankwanbo (Gombe), Godswill Akpabio (Akwa Ibom), Liyel Imoke (Cross River), Willie Obiano (Anambra), Idris Wada (Kogi), Ibrahim Shema (Katsina), Jonah Jang (Plateau), Emmanuel Uduaghan (Delta), Sule Lamido (Jigawa), Sullivan Chime (Enugu), Babangida Aliyu (Niger), Acting Governor (Taraba) Deputy Governor of Bayelsa, Rear Admiral John Jonah and Deputy Governor of Kebbi.

Others in attendance include the  Defence Minister, General Aliyu Gusau; Director-General of State Security Service (SSS), Ita Ekpeyong; Minister of Interior, Abba Moro; Chief of Defence Staff and Service Chiefs; Inspector General of Police, Mohammed Abubakar; National Security Adviser (NSA), Sambo Dasuki (rtd) and Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Senator Anyim Pius Anyim.

It was  gathered that the decision by the APC governors to shun the  meeting because of allegation by the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) on Monday that the APC  was responsible for the bomb explosion in Nyanya which killed several people.

The meeting was still on going at the time of this report.

Anthony-Claret Ifeanyi Onwutalobi

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