The Senate on Tuesday called on
the federal government to immediately convene a National Security Summit to
address the insecurity ravaging the country.
It would be recalled that
President Olusegun Obasanjo had made this call in an open letter to President
Muhammadu Buhari on Monday.
The call followed a point of
order raised by Sen. Ayo Akinyelure (APC-Ondo), over the killing of one his
constituents, Mrs Funke Olakunrin.
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN)
reports that Olakunrin, daughter of Pa Reuben Fasoranti, a leader of the
Afenifere Group, was shot dead by gunmen along the Akure-Ore in Ondo State on
Friday.
Akinyelure expressed concern over
the killing and similar ones, which he described as “increasing and incessant
murder of innocent Nigerians by gunmen along major highways in the country.”
He also cautioned that if
immediate actions were not taken, the development might lead to ethno-religious
crisis, especially in the Southern part of the country.
While urging the Senate to
observe a minute silence in memory of the deceased and others who died in
similar circumstances, he said the attention of the Federal Government should
be drawn to the situation.
Also, Sen. Tolu Odebiyi
(APC-Ogun) called on the Senate as an institution to sit down with the
presidency and the security formations in a meeting to take immediate action.
“We have to demand for an action
by security forces and the presidency.
“There’s nothing we do here that
is safe if we don’t get our security right. We can’t be coming here everyday,
mourning and observing one minute silence when Nigerians are being killed.
“As a Senate, we should send a
delegation to meet with the presidency and the security forces to address what
is happening.”
However, the Deputy Leader of the
Senate, Sen. Ajayi Boroface (APC-Ondo), urged his colleagues to be cautious
about linking a particular tribe as perpetrators of the attacks.
“We should approach this matter
maturely and encourage the federal government to improve on the state of
security.
“We should not link a particular
tribe with the killings, as being observed in the social media. Yoruba, Igbo,
Hausa, Fulani people have all been killed,” he said.
The President of the Senate, Dr
Ahmad Lawan, in his submission, equally lamented the situation, which he said
was being felt across the country.
He, therefore, said stakeholders
should immediately be converged for a robust national security summit to discuss
and address the situation.
“The security situation is all
over the country. It is very unfortunate just like all our colleagues have said
in their contributions.
“We should have one national
security summit on this. The summit should be all-
encompassing and all-inclusive,
involving other arms of government and various security formations,” he said.
Meanwhile, the Senate, in its
resolution, “unequivocally” condemned the killings, calling on the Inspector
General of Police to extend his dragnet to fish out the perpetrators.
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