President Bola Tinubu has received security briefs from the Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Waidi Shaibu, on the security situation in the North-East region.

The meeting was the first official engagement between the President and the COAS since his appointment and subsequent decoration as an army chief.

In a brief interview shortly after the meeting, Shaibu said he had visited the region for an on-the-spot assessment of the theatre of operation to ascertain the level of progress being made in the fight against terrorism.

He said he was at the Presidential Villa to brief President Tinubu on the situation in the region and the general security situation in the country.

“I just came to brief him on the outcome of my visit to the northeast region and look at other security situations across the country, which is satisfactory within the period,” he said.

Asked what Nigerians should expect aftermath of his visit, the COAS simply replied, “Improved security across the country.”

Shaibu is one of the new service chiefs appointed by President Bola Tinubu.

Others are General Olufemi Oluyede as Chief of Defence Staff, Vice Admiral Idi Abbas as Chief of Naval Staff, and Air Marshall Kelvin Aneke as Chief of Air Staff.

Tinubu had charged them to carry out their duties with patriotic zeal as Nigerians are in a hurry to celebrate peace and expect results, not excuses.

He also advised them to work together, deploying technology where necessary, and defeat the enemy once and for all.

“Of grave concern to our administration is the recent emergence of new armed groups in the North-Central, North-West, and parts of the South. We must not allow these new threats to fester,” the President had said during the decoration ceremony for the service chiefs.