The Director General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr TOSIN Adeola Ajayi briefing President Bola Tinubu on the security situation on Friday night
Following recent abductions and attacks, especially in the northern part of the country, the Director-General of the Department of State Services (DSS), Oluwatosin Ajayi, on Friday night met with President Bola Tinubu to give him update on the country’s security situation.
Special Adviser to the President on Information and Strategy, Bayo Onanuga, who made this disclosure through a post on his x handle on Saturday, added that Ajayi met with the President at the Presidential Villa on Friday night.
Photos released showed the DSS Chief in the President’s office. Although no further details of the briefing’s outcome were provided, officials said it focused on the current security situation.
“The Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Mr Tosin Adeola Ajayi, briefed President Bola Tinubu on the security situation on Friday night,” Onanuga wrote.
The Federal Government has established a joint task force involving all security agencies to comb the northern region for abducted schoolchildren.
Tinubu had earlier ordered the Minister of State for Defence, Bello Matawalle, to relocate to Kebbi State to coordinate rescue efforts.
United States President Donald Trump has offered assistance to Nigeria in addressing the resurgence of school abductions.
The offer followed a meeting in Washington between US Defence Secretary Pete Hegseth and Nigeria’s National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu.
Their discussion came after the US designated Nigeria a “Country of Particular Concern” and Trump threatened consequences over the alleged persecution of Christians.
Public pressure has mounted on the Presidency following a series of school attacks.
Gunmen invaded St Mary’s Catholic Primary and Secondary School, Papiri, Niger State, at about 2:00 a.m. on Friday and abducted hundreds of people.
Few days earlier, gunmen also invaded Government Girls Secondary School in Kebbi State and abducted 25 students.
