President Bola Tinubu is reportedly planning to meet with the service chiefs to discuss the rising killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country.
The President returned to the country on Monday night from his 18-day working visit to Paris and London.
The Air Force 001 aircraft conveying the President landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport, Abuja at 09:50pm on Monday, the State House media office announced.
Since April 2, when he travelled, more than 120 locals have been killed by armed assailants.
Several homes have been burnt and over 3,000 persons displaced despite the deployment of security forces.
The death toll in Logo and Gbagir, Benue State after twin assaults blamed on armed herders has so far risen to 72.
President Tinubu is said to be very concerned by the security situation and he is planning to urgently meet with the service chiefs and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, over the development.
“The President will certainly meet the service chiefs to review the security situation across the country and the flash point of Plateau, Benue and Borno. He has been getting security briefings while away and giving directives to the security chiefs. So, he will meet his security chiefs and ministers too,’’ the Aso Rock source is quoted.
This is coming as the Presidency blamed state governors for the mounting cases of killings nationwide, especially the recent incidences in Plateau, Benue and Enugu States.
It cited the governors’ poor funding of security outfits in their states despite receiving humongous security votes.
Special Adviser to the President on Policy Communication, Daniel Bwala, stated this when he appeared on TVC’s Beyond the Headlines show with Nifemi Oguntoye Monday evening.
Bwala said, “What we are finding, very sadly, is that there are some states where the governors give N20m to the SSS, N20m to the police, and N20m to the army as monthly allocation for fighting insecurity. And you hear their security vote is between N1bn, N2bn and N3bn. Where are we going?”