Ebun Francis |
The house of representatives on Wednesday passed a resolution to summon President Muhammadu Buhari over the incessant killings in Benue and other parts of the country.
The lawmakers asked the president to appear before them and give a briefing on the security situation in the country.
The House also passed a vote of no confidence on the service chiefs and called for their replacement with people with fresh ideas.
Mark Gbillah, the house of representative member from Benue had earlier called the attention of the house to the recent reprisal attack on a community in the state by soldiers over the death of their colleague.
Following the deliberations that followed, Bashir Baballe from Kano state in his contribution argued that President Buhari should be invited to the house to answer questions on the general insecurity in the country.
In his contribution, Aliyu Magaji from Jigawa state insisted that the service chiefs should be sacked.
Magaji said, “The service chiefs must go. It is enough. I’m from the APC but this has gone beyond sentiments. It is a very terrible thing that is happening. People are being killed on a daily basis.”
Nigeria, according to Edward Pwajok from Plateau state is gradually becoming a “failed state.”
“We seem to be laying the foundation for Nigeria to be declared a failed state. If we are not able to act to nip this matter in the bud, international agencies have to come in”, he said.
“Almost every day, we move motions relating to killings in this house. Is it that we are just coming to lament for the sake of it or what? The time has come for leaders of the national assembly to sit down with Buhari and summon the security chiefs and interrogate them on these issues.”
Karim Sunday from Kogi state said there is lawlessness all over the country.
Karim said, “The Buhari we have today is not Buhari of 1984. It is time for the president to go. He promised change when he was elected but nothing has happened.”