The Presidency has revealed that
Heads of security agencies have uncovered plots by some groups to disrupt the
processes leading to the 2019 general elections.
Mallam Garba Shehu, the Senior
Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, quoted the security
chiefs as saying this yesterday at the State House Conference Centre in Abuja,
during an interactive meeting with owners and decision makers in the media.
He listed the security chiefs
that spoke as “the Director-General of the Department of State Services, Lawal
Daura; the Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, Ambassador
Ahmed Rufa’i Abubakar and the Chief of Defence Staff, General Gabriel
Olonisakin.”
The presidential spokesperson
said the security chiefs had warned the media against activities of some
unregistered groups that had lately been active in trying to undermine critical
institutions, such the law-enforcement agencies and the Independent National
Electoral Commission, INEC.
He said the “security heads also
called for closer cooperation from the media to prevent terrorists and radical
ideologies directed from abroad from undermining the ongoing efforts to restore
security in parts of Nigeria, facing the challenges of terrorism, economic
sabotage, criminality, farmers-herdsmen clashes and the spread of illegal
weapons.
“In the midst of the debate over
the right to freedom of expression and the government’s efforts to ensure that
the digital space and the mass media generally do not become a playground for
terrorism and destabilization, the security chiefs assured that they would
maintain a balance between openness and national security.”
The presidential spokesman said
“the security chiefs, however, called on media owners and practitioners to walk
the fine balance between openness on one hand and national security on the
other.”
He said the security chiefs
assured that the security situation in the country was within the control of
the government and that this could be helped, where the media reduced sensation
from their daily coverage.
Shehu said the security chiefs
added that “Our state of national security is not as bad as it is painted by
the media.”
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