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The Ministry of National Security has established after investigations that Citi FM journalist Caleb Kudah s unauthorised entry into its premises on May 11, 2021, was unlawful.
The Ministry through an investigation Committee also found that the arrest of Citi FM journalist, Mr Kudah by the Director of Operations at the National Security, Lieutenant Colonel Frank Agyeman, and some police officers contravened the Ministry’s operating standards.
Background
On May 11, 2021, National Security officers detained Mr Kudah for filming with his smartphone on the premises of the National Security Ministry in Accra.
The operatives also stormed the premises of Adabraka-based radio station Citi FM to arrest his colleague, Mrs Zoe Abu-Baidoo for receiving the footage of the abandoned vehicles from Mr Kudah.
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The National Security Adviser, Babagana Monguno will be leading a delegation of Heads of Federal Law Enforcement, Security and Intelligence Agencies to the six Geo-Political Zones to hold Town Hall meetings with the State Governors, Traditional and Religious Leaders, members of the Legislature, Non-Governmental, Youth and Women Organisations.
The meetings are expected to provide direct assessment of the security situation, generate local feedback and recommendations, encourage Geo-Political synchronisation of effort among States and to also create a pathway to lasting peace and security.
The first of the Town Hall Meetings is scheduled to hold in Kaduna State on Monday, with all seven governors of the North Western States in attendance.
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The delegation led by Babagana Monguno, national security adviser (NSA), will meet with the governors on Monday in Kaduna state.
Monguno disclosed the meeting in a statement on Sunday.
In recent weeks, the country has witnessed rising tension owing to farmer-herder conflicts, ethnic clashes, banditry and insurgency.
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The national security adviser said he met with service chiefs, heads of law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies to discuss the threats of kidnapping, terrorism and other security perils threatening the lives and property of Nigerians.
Monguno said the decision to strengthen inter-agency coordination and stakeholders’ engagement was reached at the meeting.
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The presidency has proposed town hall meetings in the six geo-political zones in response to the growing security challenges in the country. It says it expects to generate ideas on the way forward from the meetings.
A statement by the Office of the National Security Adviser (ONSA) said to work out the modalities of the meeting, the federal government would confer with state governors, religious leaders, women, and youth groups. ONSA said the move was in furtherance of the government’s commitment to addressing the multiple security threats facing Nigeria. The statement said the National Security Adviser (NSA), Major General Babagana Monguno (rtd), had convened a meeting of the General Security Appraisal Committee (GSAC) on February 11. The meeting, which was attended by the service chiefs and heads of law enforcement, security and intelligence agencies, discussed the threats of kidnapping, terrorism, banditry, armed robbery and the consequences of these th