Buhari holds late-night meetings with Zulum, Tinubu amid worsening insecurity

President Muhammadu Buhari, on Monday night, met with Babagana Zulum, governor of Borno, on the security situation in the state.

The meeting was held at the presidential villa, Abuja.

Buhari also had a separate meeting with Bola Tinubu, national leader of the All Progressives Congress (APC), and Bisi Akande, former interim chairman of the APC.

A series of violent attacks have been reported across the country.

On Sunday, a commander of one of the Nigerian Army’s battalions was reportedly killed by suspected Boko Haram insurgents who attacked a military base in Mainok, Borno.

Thirteen soldiers were also said to have been killed in the attack.

The troops were said to have been overpowered by the insurgents who came with “heavy weapons” and were disguised in a military convoy.

A police station was also razed in the attack while weapons were looted at the military base.

The attack comes nine days after hundreds of residents of Damasak, Mobbar LGA in Borno, were displaced following an attack by the insurgents.

In Yobe, about two thousand people were reportedly displaced in Geidam area of the state after insurgents took hold of the town.

The insurgents who belong to the Islamic State in West Africa Province (ISWAP) have occupied the town since last Friday.

Abubakar Bello, governor of Niger, on Monday, said Boko Haram insurgents have hoisted their flag in Kaure, Shiroro LGA of the state.

Bello also said over 50 villages in the state have been deserted as a result of attacks by bandits.

In Imo state, gunmen razed the Okigwe south police command in Ehime Mbano LGA of the state.

Five officers were reportedly killed by the attackers when they invaded the station on Monday evening.