President of the Senate, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, has
condemned the recent killings in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna States that left
countless Nigerians dead, describing the attack on the affected communities as
‘heinous’ and ‘reprehensible’, and called on all Nigerians to remain united in
their condemnation of violence.
He said: “The recent killings in this new year that have
left many families without their loved ones, and several communities in
distress was a reprehensible act of violence. As Nigerians, we must all remain
united in our condemnation of violence. Such actions have no place anywhere in
our culture . The killers and perpetrators of this callous act must be caught
and brought to justice. The Senate will continue to render all necessary
support to ensure that this happens.
“I call on our security forces to continue to work around
the clock to ensure the safety of the affected communities — and all
communities across the nation. Such random and widespread acts of hate and
disorder are part of the reasons why last year, we inaugurated an Ad-Hoc
Committee to Review Nigeria’s Security Infrastructure for better delivery
across the board.
“The committee is still at work, however, now it is clear
that we need to review, re-vamp and reposition our security apparatus across
the nation to be able to respond to the diverse nature of the crises and
concerns of various communities. I still believe that the intelligence
gathering aspects of our security system is not measuring up to standard.
"We need to ensure that our security system could
gather relevance intelligence and analyse them to prevent activities of
hoodlums and insurgents so that we don't always cry after the milk is split.
These killings, like those that occurred in Benue, Rivers and Kaduna are
becoming too recurrent and the relevant Senate committees will hold discussion
with the Senators from the affected states with a view to having a proper
understanding of what the issues are and make appropriate recommendations to
the executive", he stated.
The Senate President further Commiserated with the families
who lost their loved ones as well as the government and entire people of Benue,
Kaduna and Rivers States on the sad incident.
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