Transition: Jonathan, security chiefs meet

President Goodluck Jonathan met with security chiefs yesterday ahead of the May 29 hand-over date.
The Security Council was said to have discussed the hand-over as well as the tidying up of the ongoing war against terror in the country.

Those in attendance were Chief of Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola Amosu.
The Director General of State Security Service, Ekpeyong Ita, and the Director General of National Intelligence Agency, Ayo Oke, were also at the meeting...expdonaloaded.blogspot.com
The meeting was the first after the elections.  The council was said to have briefed the president on the strategies for a smooth transition on May 29 and issues bordering on the milage of the war against terrorism in the North-East of the country. The service chiefs, alongside other heads of
Ministries, Department and Agencies (MDAs), had been ordered by the president to turn in their hand-over notes before April 20 to ensure early preparation of the president’s final hand-over note to the incoming administration.
Other issues discussed during the closed-door meeting included the handling of security prior, during and after the March 28 and April 11 elections.