Tinubu to meet service chiefs over nationwide incessant killings

President Bola Tinubu is planning to meet with the service chiefs to discuss the rising killings in Plateau, Benue and other parts of the country on his return to Abuja from his two-week working visit to Paris, the French capital.

Tinubu returned to Abuja yesterday after spending 18 days on a working visit and retreat in Paris and London.

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The State House media office announced that the Air Force 1 aircraft conveying the President landed at the Nnamdi Azikiwe International Airport Abuja at about 09:50pm on Monday.

Since April 2, when he travelled, more than 120 locals have been killed by armed assailants and several homes have been burnt, with 3,000 persons displaced despite the deployment of security forces.

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According to multiple sources, the President was concerned by the security situation and would immediately meet with the service chiefs and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu, over the development.

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