Defence minister backtracks, backs Senate’s security summitBy Kingsley Omonobi

Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru, has thrown his weight behind the 10th Senate’s proposed two-day national security summit, describing it as a timely initiative to tackle Nigeria’s growing security concerns.
Recall that the minister had last week, dismissed the idea of another security summit, saying it was not necessary.
But Senate President, Godswill Akpabio, reacted immediately, warning the minister to desist from playing down the security summit, insisting that the summit wo