The house of representatives has directed its committee on
national security and intelligence to investigate the “leakage of classified
security documents to the public”.
At Thursday’s plenary session, the lawmakers described
divulging security information to the public as an act of sabotage that
frustrates the fight against insecurity.
The lower legislative chamber passed the resolution after
adopting a motion sponsored by Samuel Adejare, a lawmaker from Lagos state.
The development may not be unrelated to a recent memo by the
Nigeria Communications Commission (NCC), which directed telecommunications
companies to shut down services in Zamfara state.
Speaking on the floor of the lower legislative chamber on
Thursday, Adejare said the “recurring incidents of leakage of classified
security documents” to the public through various platforms jeopardise the
“fight against insurgency, banditry, kidnapping and other crimes in the
country”.
He said the federal government has made efforts in tackling
insecurity, but the leakage of classified security documents and other “acts of
sabotage is causing failure of intelligence gathering, misunderstanding and
lack of cohesion among operatives involved in different operations”.
“The unfortunate situation is enabling other acts of crimes
and criminalities such as jailbreaks, mass abductions, invasion of farms and
animal rustling,” he said.
“If such acts of
sabotage are left unchecked, they may pose great risks to the lives of security
personnel and ultimately imperil the country.”
The committee has been given two weeks to carry out the
investigation and report its findings to the house.
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