Homeland Security Gambit: A Critical Assessment of Tinubu’s Strategic Defence Directive

Daily Trust | 25-08-2026 12:13pm |

President Bola Ahmed Tinubu has directed the constitution of an eleven-member committee to draft a National Threat Assessment and a five-year Strategic Defence Operations Plan. The committee is coordinated by the Special Adviser on Homeland Security, Major General Adeyinka A. Famadewa (rtd), and includes the National Security Adviser and the Minister of Defence. The move has drawn interest from security analysts, with some raising questions about civilian control and military professionalism.

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