President of the Senate, Dr.
Abubakar Bukola Saraki has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to direct his
security chiefs to immediately proffer solutions to the spate of killings in
the country.
Saraki made the statement while
responding to the attack in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area, during which
scores of people were murdered by unknown assailants.
He said it was important for
Nigerians to start having the assurances that the government was decisively
responding to the current threat to lives and properties in parts of the
country.
The statement read “I am very sad
to hear the news of the incident in Plateau State. This is very depressing and
giving the impression that the country is not safe. The problem of Boko Haram
in the North-east is well known to everybody but this killing by unknown band
of assailants in Benue, Taraba, Plateau and Kaduna States is now giving another
dimension to the crisis. Coming at the time we are getting ready for elections,
we need to respond fast.
“If the plan is to develop some
long term measures, we also request that the President should mandate the
security chiefs to put forward an immediate short term and quick response
measure which will restore confidence in the system and demonstrate to the
criminals behind this killings the capacity of government to tackle the issue.
“We have to immediately device a
plan through which the criminals behind the killings and their sponsors can be
nabbed and made to face the wrath of the law. We have to also develop plans to
mop up illegal fire arms in the hands of dangerous elements while also stopping
the influx of these arms into the country.”
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