Buhari meets with service chiefs over killing of soldiers

President Muhammadu Buhari has met with the service chiefs and inspector-general of police for the second time in the last few days.

The meeting was over the spate of attacks on Nigerian troops by Boko Haram insurgents.

Over 100 soldiers are believed to have been killed in the most recent attack in Metele, Borno state.

TheCable learned from a presidency source that Buhari met with the security chiefs on Sunday morning at the presidential villa, Abuja to determine how to handle the killings.

Soldiers fighting Boko Haram on Saturday sent an SOS to the president, urging him to probe the quality of weapons procured by the military authorities.

The soldiers accused the military authorities of negligence and providing them with obsolete weapons.

Garba Shehu, senior special assistant to the president on media and publicity, had on Friday quoted Buhari as saying immediate measures are in place to…