The National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu met with Governors from the five South-East on security matters

By Cog Times Last updated Aug 1, 2023

The chairman of Nigeria's Economic and Financial Crime Commission, Nuhu Ribadu, speaks 12 September 2006 in his office in Abuja. A Nigerian state governor indicted of massive corruption by the head of the nation's anti-graft agency 28 September 2006 challenged the organisation to prove its charge in court. While presenting a report to the senate 27 September, the head of the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC), Nuhu Ribadu, said that the northwestern governor of Zamfara State, Sani Ahmed Yerima, was one of the more than 30 state governors being investigated for corruption. / AFP PHOTO / AFP FILES / Kola OSIYEMI (Photo credit should read KOLA OSIYEMI/AFP via Getty Images)

The National Security Adviser to President Bola Tinubu, Nuhu Ribadu met with Governors from the five South-East states in Abuja yesterday.

Although the agenda of the closed-door session was not made known to journalists, it might not be unconnected to the worsening security challenges in Anambra, Enugu, Abia, Imo and Ebonyi states.

Last Wednesday, the Senate condemned the Monday sit-at-home in the South East geopolitical zone and asked the Federal Government to collaborate with the Finnish Government and extradite a pro-Biafran agitator, Simon Ekpa, for prosecution.

The upper chamber resolved to invite the Minister of Foreign Affairs (when appointed) and relevant stakeholders to carry out thorough investigation as well as bring other sponsors of the act to book.

The Senate also rejected a recommendation for IPOB leader Nnamdi Kanu’s release, saying it would amount to sub judice as the matter of his release was still in court.