Senate on Thursday summoned the Acting Inspector General of Police Mohammed Adamu to brief Senate on initiative put in place to tackle insecurity situation in the country.
Also, the Senate also demanded for special security cover to foreign workers and tourists.
These resolutions of Senate came following the motion sponsored by Senator Shehu Sank with 108 Senators on the killing of a 28 -year old Briton , Faye Mooney and another Nigerian and abduction of three others on Friday 19th of April , 2018/at Holiday Resort in Kajuru Local government.
Shehu Sani expressed dismay with recent times attacks on individuals, houses and villages across the country .
Senate also urged the traditional rulers yo and all stakeholders to cooperate with security agencies in order to tackle continuous insecurity .
In his remarks, Senate President, Bukola Saraki blamed the former IGP, Idris Ibrahim for failing to cooperate with Parliament in tackling the insecurity problem in the country. ate
He said,”“Distinguished colleagues, I thank you all for your contribution on this subject matter. We need, as I said in addressing this matter to take hard and difficult decisions and have a more structural approach to issue of security.
“As I said, we lost a lot of time and there was very little cooperation with the Head of Police and we hope that with the new Acting Inspector General of Police, the good actions we have taken on the issue of the Bills we have passed from Police Reform Act and Trust Fund shows that we are ready to work very closely with them to see how they can be successful.
”We hope that with this, we will begin to see improvement in the security situation in the country.”
