Senate Summons Service Chiefs Over Rising Insecurity

The Senate today summoned Service Chiefs in the country to brief it in a closed-door on steps being taken to mitigate rising insecurity in the country.

The Service Chiefs include: Chief of Defence Staff , General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff , Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff , Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.

It called on the military and other security agencies to conduct special operations to dislodge the bandits in the Northwest zone and other parts of Nigeria with similar experience.

The reed chamber also urged the various security agencies in Nigeria to be more proactive and to ensure that all kidnapped victims in the country including students kidnapped in Katsina, NYSC members kidnapped in Zamfara and students kidnapped from Federal University Gusau, among others, are all released without delay.

It urged the federal government to address the manpower needs of the police and other security agencies to enable them tackle the security situations in the country.

The Senate further directed its Committee on Legislative Compliance to ensure the relevant security agencies comply with its resolutions.