The National Council of State in Nigeria has asked security agents to ‘add more venom’ to the fight against terrorism, stressing the need to end the attacks by the Boko Haram terrorist group on villages and towns in the north-east.
The call was made by the National Council of State members on Tuesday after they were briefed of the security efforts of the agencies to end the over five years terrorism that has claimed thousands of lives in the north-east.
The Council of State meeting was held at the Presidential Villa and it was presided over by President Goodluck Jonathan.
In attendance were four former Heads of State – Generel Yakubu Gowon, Mr Shehu Shagari, Mr Ernest Shonekan and Mr Olusegun Obasanjo.
After a briefing by the National Security Adviser, the Council of State members observed that the government was doing everything possible to ensure that the schoolgirls abducted from their school’s dormitory by members of the Boko Haram sect in April were released safe and sound.
The governor of Akwa Ibom State, Godswill Akpabio expressed the Federal Government’s commitment to securing the release of the girls.
It stressed the need for the security agents to add more venom to the fight against the Boko Haram sect.
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