Polls: Jonathan, Jega, security chiefs in crucial meeting

President Goodluck Jonathan;
Chairman of the Independent
National Electoral Commission, Prof.
Attahiru Jega, and heads of all
security agencies are currently
locked in a crucial meeting inside
the Presidential Villa, Abuja.
Jega is expected to brief the
meeting of the Security Council on
the latest in the commission’s
preparation for the forthcoming
general elections.
Security chiefs are also expected to
brief the meeting on the success so
far recorded in their anti-terrorism
war and preparations for the
elections also.
The meeting which started a few
minutes after 11am has in
attendance Vice President Namadi
Sambo; Secretary to the
Government of the Federation,
Senator Pius Anyim; Chief of Staff to
the President, Gen. Jones Arogbofa
(retd.); National Security Adviser,
Col. Sambo Dasuki; Attorney-
General of the Federation,
Muhammed Adoke (SAN); Minister
of Police Affairs, Jelili Adesiyan;
Minister of Interior, Mr. Aba Moro;
and the Minister of Foreign Affairs,
Ambassador Aminu Wali.
Others in attendance are Chief of
Defence Staff, Air Chief Marshal Alex
Badeh; Chief of Army Staff, Lt.-Gen.
Kenneth Minimah; Chief of Naval
Staff, Vice Admiral Usman Jibrin;
Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshal Adesola
Amosu; Inspector-General of Police,
Mr. Suleiman Abba; as well as the
heads of the Department of State
Security and the National
Intelligence Agency.
A definite pronouncement on the
forthcoming elections is expected
at the end of the meeting.