The Senate on Thursday resolved to summon all the security chiefs over worsening insecurity and the incessant abduction of university students in different parts of the country. The Senate took the decision following deliberation of a motion by Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua (Katsina Central), over the kidnapping of five female students of the Federal University in Dutsinma (FUDMA), Katsina in the early hours of Wednesday.
Those to be summoned include the Chief of Defence Staff, General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff, Lieutenant General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Naval Staff, Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla; and Chief of Air Staff, Air Marshall Hassan Abubakar.
Also, the Inspector General of Police, Olukayode Egbetokun, and the National Security Adviser, Nuhu Ribadu are to be invited.
The Red Chamber also urged the various security agencies in Nigeria to be more proactive and to ensure that all kidnapped victims in the country including students kidnapped in Katsina, NYSC members kidnapped in Zamfara and students kidnapped from Federal University Gusau, among others, are all released without delay.
The lawmaker expressed concern that the frequency of kidnapping for ransom has become almost a daily and weekly occurrence in major towns and communities in the North West geopolitical zone.
Worried by the increasing rate of student abduction, the Senate resolved to fix a date to invite the security chiefs to address the lawmakers on the abduction of students and efforts to curb the menace.
