President Muhammadu Buhari and several Governors of the North met yesterday at the State House in Abuja due to the deteriorating security situation in the country, the meeting was said to be primarily focused on the security situation in 19 northern state.

Zamfara Governor Alhaji Belo Matawalle told reporters after the meeting that the federal and state governments' new roadmap for protecting the region appeared to be bringing calm and confidence to the region.

He assured the farmers that they would soon be able to operate their farms safely during the rainy season as security in the area would continue to increase.

He said, " With the steps and the roadmap that we have created between the government and security, we are doing everything we can to ensure that the farmers can go back to their farms and work on it if God wills. We will do our best to ensure that all farmers return to their farms. "

The governor said the situation in his state had calmed down for at least four months, adding that security officials were working to ensure the situation did not escalate further.

He added: " So far no security incidents have been reported in the last four days, but we are still doing our best and security authorities are doing their best to deal with any challenges.

" I assure you that we have the problem under control and the president has assured us that he will do more to address insecurity in the north of the country. "

When asked if the north was safe now, he said: " I can say yes because we haven' t had much of this crisis in the last four months, but it' s slowly coming back, but security is doing everything it can, especially with the new security architecture we' re now accepting. . We have some fixes for the challenge. "

At a meeting with Buhari, the governor said: " We are not only talking about security, but also about the north due to the current escalation of uncertainty.

" I informed him and the Governor of Niger also informed him. The president has assured us that we will discuss the issue of uncertainty.

The Lagos State Police Command has explained why it has not taken Chidinma Ojukwu, the prime suspect in the killing of the Chief Executive Officer of Super TV, Usifo Ataga, to court.

The University of Lagos undergraduate and Ataga reportedly lodged in a service apartment in the Lekki area of the state and the corpse of the latter was discovered in the room the following day.

The Police Public Relations Officer, Olumuyiwa Adejobi, told one of our correspondents on Wednesday that Chidinma would be taken to court after the police had concluded their investigation.

“We will take her to court when we finish the investigation; we are still investigating,” he stated.

However, a Lagos-based lawyer and human rights activist, Jiti Ogunye, urged the police to get a remand order to justify the suspect’s continued detention.

Ogunye, who noted that sections 35 and 36 of the Constitution gave the police the right to detain a murder suspect, also stated that the Administration of Criminal Justice Law of Lagos State mandated them to obtain a remand order to justify a suspect’s continued detention.

“The detention of this lady is not unconstitutional if a remand order has been obtained; if the remand order has not been obtained, the police will be expected to obtain a remand order to justify her detention,” he stated.

Ogunye, however, expressed disappointment at how the police were handling the investigation, adding that granting the media access to interrogate her was unconstitutional.

Meanwhile, the Vice-Chancellor, UNILAG, Prof Oluwatoyin Ogundipe, has said the management will follow due process in dealing with Chidinma.

Ogundipe said this on Wednesday during a press conference on the 51st (2019) convocation ceremony of the institution, adding that the university could not deny her.

He stated, “From the records available to us, Chidinma Adaora Ojukwu is a student of the University of Lagos, who was born on December 12, 1999.

“From our records, she is from Abia State and her contact address is No. 57 Akinwumi Street, Alagomeji, Yaba, Lagos.

“Her next-of-kin is Mr Onoh Ojukwu. She is a student of this great university irrespective of whether she is a part-time or full-time student. Her matriculation number is 170912015.”    ,,

“We cannot deny the fact that she is a student of the university.

“The university is handling the administrative aspect of the issue.”