Nigerias Senate Summons Security Chiefs Again Over Nationwide Insecurity Issues

Nigeria's Senate will again meet with security chiefs next week in Abuja to address the escalating insecurity in parts of the country.

The security chiefs expected to engage with the Red Chamber include the 

Chief of Defence Staff, General Chris Musa; 

Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Olufemi Oluyede; 

Chief of Naval Staff, Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; 

Chief of Air Staff, Air Vice Marshal Hassan Abubakar.

 Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun; 

 Director-General of the Department of State Services, DSS, Adeola Ajayi; 

 Director-General of the National Intelligence Agency, NIA, Mohammed Mohammed.

The President of the Senate, Senator Godswill Akpabio, announced this while commenting on a motion titled “Urgent Need for the Federal Government to Deploy Troops to Immediately Restore Law and Order in Gwer-West Local Government of Benue State.”

The motion, sponsored by Senator Titus Zam, representing Benue North West senatorial district, was in response to incessant attacks and killings in the area by suspected herdsmen.
In its resolutions, the Senate urged security agencies to take immediate action to restore law and order in Gwer-West Local Government Area and other affected regions. It also called on the National Emergency Management Agency and the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs to provide relief materials to affected communities.

Additionally, the Senate urged the Benue State Government to enforce the Open Grazing Prohibition and Ranches Establishment Law to restore peace in the state. It further mandated its committees on Defence, National Security and Intelligence, Livestock Development, and Agriculture to visit Gwer-West Local Government Area for an on-the-ground assessment of the situation. The committees were also tasked with expressing sympathy to bereaved families and affected residents while expediting the passage of the Open Grazing Prohibition Bill.

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