Insurgents killed three commanding officers. Tinubu held a two-hour summit. No outcomes released.

In one week, Boko Haram and ISWAP killed at least three commanding officers of forward operating bases in the North-East. Not rank-and-file soldiers. The officers running the military outposts.

The attacks hit Ngoshe, Konduga, Marte, Jakana, and Mainok in Borno State. The insurgents aren't just raiding villages anymore. They're targeting military command structure. The people responsible for coordinating counter-insurgency on the ground.

On Thursday, Tinubu convened a closed-door security summit with the Service Chiefs and new IGP Tunji Disu. It was Disu's first formal engagement with the president since his February 28 appointment. The session ran nearly two hours. The service chiefs arrived without their official vehicles. The session ended at 5:10pm. Nothing was announced.

Defence Minister Christopher Musa did speak afterward. He said the military is winning. He said media coverage was "slanted." He said insurgent commanders "are being killed every day." Maybe. But Nigeria also just lost three of its own commanding officers in one week.

Both things can be true. And both things being true at the same time is exactly what makes this situation serious. The military is conducting operations. Security analysts say the shift toward hitting forward operating bases and convoys signals intelligence gaps in counter-insurgency. The insurgents have adapted. The official messaging hasn't.

Two weeks ago, insurgents overran part of a military base in Ngoshe, burned homes, killed civilians including a local imam, and abducted over 100 people, mostly women and children. The president called it a "heartless attack." Senator Ali Ndume, who represents Borno South, has been calling for weeks for the army's budget to be front-loaded and for a dedicated security briefing room in the Villa.

Tinubu declared a security state of emergency in late 2025. This week, three commanding officers died. A summit happened. Nothing was released.

That's not a security update. That's a gap.