Chidi Samuel || Senate President Bukola Saraki on Tuesday night lead a delegation of the leadership of the National Assembly to confer with President Mohammadu Buhari at the Aso Rock Villa over the recent killings by suspected Fulani herdsmen in Benue state.
The Senate President informed newsmen at the end of the meeting that they were at the villa to brief the president on the decisions and resolutions of the Senate regarding the Benue crisis.
The Senate had during plenary on Tuesday given the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, 14 days to arrest and prosecute the perpetrators of violence in Benue State.
The Senate’s interim report by the ad-hoc committee on the review of the current security infrastructure in Nigeria had also noted that the situation in Benue is a manifestation of the larger security crisis in Nigeria.
The chairman of the committee, Ahmed Lawan, who led the committee on a visit to Benue State presented the report on Tuesday.
“It is very clear from our interaction that some faceless people are sponsoring and harbouring the well trained foreign mercenary elements and using them to unleash violence and criminality in Nigeria‘s rural space,” Mr. Lawan said.
The Senior Special Assistant to the President on National Assembly matters, Ita Enang, reacting to the visit of the National Assembly leadership to the villa, commended the Senate for its “robust debate on the crisis devoid of sentiments.”