The house of representatives has
asked President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before it and address Nigerians
within 48 hours on the incessant killings in parts of the country.
At its sitting on Thursday, the
lower legislative chamber accused the president of failing in his
responsibility of securing lives and properties.
This followed the adoption of a
motion by Mark Gbillah from Benue state, on “the resurgence of killings across
the country by alleged bandits and herdsmen.”
Some states including Zamfara and
Kaduna have been under series of attacks by suspected bandits, leading to the
loss of many lives.
Only recently, Abdulaziz Yari,
governor of Zamfara state, said 3,000 people have been killed in the state as a
result of banditry in the past five years.
The lawmakers said it is
disappointing that the response of the armed forces to killings under the
present administration has been reactive.
They said the failure to put in
place necessary measures has emboldened bandits to attack various communities
unabated.
They said the president should,
in the address, tell Nigerians the measures he intends to employ as the
commander-in-chief of the armed forces to address the killings.
The lawmakers also asked him to
provide “evidence of the complicity of traditional rulers, political detractors
and recently foreign miners in the perpetration of incessant killings of
Nigerians across the country as is constantly being postulated by this
administration.”
They said failure to address the
nation will suggest the federal government is incapable of proferring a lasting
solution to the killings.
The green chamber subsequently
set up an ad hoc committee to determine the complicity of any group in the
killings and advise on the way forward.
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