The Nigeria Governors’ Forum is presently in a closed-door meeting with the national security adviser to the president, Nuhu Ribadu and defence minister Mohammed Abubakar.

The meeting, under the leadership of the NGF chairman, Governor AbdulRahman AbdulRazaq, was being held at the NGF Secretariat in Abuja.

The governors already in attendance were those of Anambra, Akwa Ibom, Oyo, Kwara, Osun, Plateau, Lagos, Nasarawa, Ekiti, Ebonyi, Kogi, Ondo, Imo, Cross River, Ogun and Edo.

Though the meeting agenda was not disclosed, it may not be unconnected from the issue of insecurity in the country, especially the latest killings in Yelewata, Benue.

President Bola Tinubu visited Benue on Wednesday, where he held a stakeholders’ meeting with the people at the Government House in Makurdi.

A source said the meeting was taking briefing from the NSA and the defence minister.

The president, at the meeting, directed the inspector general of police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the chief of defence staff, Christopher Musa, to immediately arrest killer herders who perpetrated the heinous killing of over 100 people in Yelewata community in Benue.

The meeting included the secretary to the government of the federation, George Akume, traditional rulers, and former governors of Benue. Mr Tinubu called out the IG to know why arrests had not been made.

He also urged the heads of the State Security Service and the National Intelligence Agency to intensify surveillance and gather actionable intelligence to apprehend the perpetrators.

(NAN)