NIGERIA (Abuja)-President Goodluck Jonathan on Monday met with Service Chiefs for several hours at the Presidential Palace, Abuja.

It was gathered that the meeting which was held behind closed doors was the first since the appointment of new service chiefs last month.

Speculations emerged that the rising onslaught of the Boko Haram sect and other insurgents in the northeast which have claimed many lives in the past few days could be one of the points of discursion at the meeting.

No statement was issued at the end of the meeting, while the service chiefs declined comment on the issues discussed at the parley.

Those at the meeting are – the Chief of Defence Staff, Air Marshall Alex Badeh, Chief of Army Staff, Major General Kenneth Minimah, Chief of Naval Staff, Rear Admiral Usman Jibrin and Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshall Adesola Amosu.

Also at the meeting are the National Security Adviser, Sambo Dasuki, Inspector General of Police, Abubakar Mohammed and the Secretary to the Government of the Federation (SGF), Anyim Pius Anyim.