Killings, Kidnappings: Service Chiefs to appear before Senate on Thursday
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By Henry Umoru, ABUJA
SERVICE Chiefs and Heads of Security Agencies would tomorrow, Thursday, appear before the Senate to brief it on efforts to address the spate of insecurity in the country.
The Senate will be briefed properly on the worsening security situation in the country that appears to threaten the nation’s corporate existence.
Disclosing this yesterday in Abuja, President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said that the appearance by the Service Chiefs is in response to a resolution by the Senate last week Tuesday, wherein it was resolved that the Service Chiefs and other Heads of Security Agencies be invited against the backdrop of heightening insecurity across states of the federation.
Views: Visits 5 Senate By Henry Umoru, ABUJA SERVICE Chiefs and Heads of Security Agencies would tomorrow, Thursday, appear before the Senate to brief it on efforts to address the spate of insecurity in the country. The Senate will be briefed properly on the worsening security situation in the country that appears to threaten the nation’s corporate existence. Disclosing this yesterday in Abuja, President of the Senate, Senator Ahmad Lawan, said that the appearance by the Service Chiefs is in response to a resolution by the Senate last week Tuesday, wherein it was resolved that the Service Chiefs and other Heads of Security Agencies be invited against the backdrop of heightening insecurity across states of the federation.
Chiemelie Ezeobi and Kingsley Nwezeh, who chronicled the recent spate of insecurity across the nation, write that it has reached a worrisome crescendo especially after witnessing one of the most violent weeks in the nation’s recent history, as was further collaborated by the SBM Intelligence index report that 590 people were killed in April alone
In the past one week of the just ended month of April, the violence convulsing the land peaked, puting Nigerians on edge, spreading fears of a looming war or a war that has reached an advanced stage, depending on your perspective.
The newspapers became nearly unreadable because 60 per cent of the news content daily dwelt on violence that gripped the land. The electronic media and online publications also chronicled daily the orgy of violence devastating the country and a leadership that is running in circles, issuing endless assurances that even the perpetrators of violence take advantage of to increase the tempo of violence.
In this report, Adedayo Akinwale and Udora Orizu, dissect last week’s resolution by both chambers of the National Assembly following the recent killing spree witnessed across the country
That Nigerians are now endangered species in their own country is the lowest ebb the citizens have reached under the administration of President Muhammadu Buhari. Security agencies and theirpersonnel that were supposed to be the shoulder to lean on are now targets forelimination by non-state actors.
The lack of capacity, competence and ability on the part of President Buhari has led the country to a precipice. At the moment, nowhere and no one is safe in the country. The government of Buhari appears to have been taken over by bandits, hijacked by Boko Haram and manipulated by greedy cabals, who are feeding fat from the ills that have befallen the country.
The lawmaker representing Lagos Central District at the Senate, Remi Tinubu, on Tuesday, knocked Senator Smart Adeyemi (Kogi West) for speaking out on the spate of insecurity across the country.
Senator Adeyemi had aired his opinion on Nigeria’s security challenges while contributing to a debate at the floor of the Senate.
The Kogi West lawmaker called on the President Muhammadu Buhari-led Federal Government to seek foreign help without further delays.
Recall that Niger State Governor, Sani Bello, on Monday, lamented that the Boko Haram are two-hours from Abuja, the nation’s capital and had hoisted its flag in the Shiroro Local Government Area of the State.