President MUHAMMADU BUHARI has approved new security measures for the Southeast and South-South regions.

The acting Inspector-General of Police, USMAN ALKALI BABA, disclosed this to State House Correspondents after the security meeting held at the Presidential Villa, Abuja.

ALKALI BABA stated that the new measure is one of the outcomes of the series of security meetings held in the last eleven days with the President.

The National Security Adviser; BABAGANA MONGUNO also said that President BUHARI has approved a memo on the control of drugs, which he said are enablers of Insecurity.

BABAGANA MONGUNO added that the meeting stressed the need to address the security challenges in the country particularly those that have arisen in the last few months.