The Senate has urged the Federal Government to declare all
suspected leaders of terrorists in the country wanted.
This followed the adoption of a motion by Sen. Bala Ibn
Na’Allah (APC-Kebbi) and co-sponsored by 12 other senators during plenary on
Wednesday.
The motion was entitled; “Urgent need to surmount all kinds
of kidnappings, banditry and related security challenges in Wasagu-Danko,
Sakaba, and Yauri Local Government Areas (LGAs) of Kebbi”.
Presenting the motion, Na’Allah said that it was no longer
news that the bandits were moving in hundreds in the areas terrorizing the
people.
“The bandits have been reportedly laying siege around
Yar-kuka, Morai, Dankade to Wadako and recently in Bena where 20 people were
abducted.”
He said that if urgent steps were not taken, the
peace-loving communities might be forced to resort to self-defense by acquiring
arms and ammunition.
Contributing Sen. Adamu Aliero (APC-Kebbi) said that the
acquisition of 12 Super Tucano jets by the federal government was supposed to
help flush out the bandits from their hideous.
“Recently, we purchased Tucano Aircraft, which can be used
to move out the bandits.
“It has the ability to trace the movement of these bandits.
If they are rustling cows, I wonder how they move them without being detected.
“I urge security forces to intensify efforts to stop
banditry in the state.”
Also, Sen. Sani Musa (APC-Niger) said that bandits and other
criminals were causing havoc in communities in many states.
“The security situation is becoming alarming not only in
Kebbi but in surrounding states like Niger.
“Human beings are lost every day, and we enjoy standing up
and doing one-minute silence.
“Apart from calling on security agencies to intensify
efforts in the fight against insecurity, leaders should fear God,” he said.
In his remarks, President of the Senate Ahmad Lawan said,
“let us never be discouraged because sometimes we feel why we are doing this
when nothing is happening.
“There is a limit to what we can do, but we must do what we
are supposed to do well.
“We can only do oversight to put pressure, but we can’t
execute. We can’t command anyone to go anywhere, but what we do here is very
significant.
“We should continue to debate it and follow on with some
actions.
“We have approved significant resources funds recently in
both the Supplementary Budget of 2021 and the Appropriation Act of 2022 for
armed forces and other security agencies.
“The time has come for all security and defense-related
committees to have an oversight on the releases of funds to these agencies.”
The upper chamber called on President Muhammadu Buhari to
direct massive military and other security agencies deployed to the areas to
conduct a rigorous operation to bring to end banditry and other crimes in the
affected LGAs.
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