Some lawmakers in the Senate are calling for the sack of the Service Chiefs in the country following the increasing spate of killings across the count
Some lawmakers in the Senate are calling for the sack of the Service Chiefs in the country following the increasing spate of killings across the country. The lawmakers made their views known during a debate on the persistent killings across the country by alleged herdsmen. They are calling on the President to find a way to stop these incessant killings across the country. A point raised by Senator Suleiman Adokwe at plenary on Tuesday, informing the Senate of the killing of over 32 people in his constituency allegedly by herdsmen.
While another Senator, Senator Solomon Olamilekun, has called for the sack of all the Service Chiefs noting that they have failed in their responsibility to protect the lives and properties of Nigerians, Sokoto State governor, Aminu Tambuwal has equally called for the immediate removal of the nation’s security chiefs. The governor who made the statement while declaring open the National Executive Council (NEC) meeting of the Nigeria Union of journalists (NUJ) holding in Sokoto, made a case for fresh and innovative ideas on how best to effectively police the nation, noting that there was no need retaining security heads that could not find solutions to perennial security challenges in the country.
Aminu Tambuwal
“What happened in plateau state was unacceptable, President Muhammadu Buhari should think of changing his service chiefs because they failed the country and change security strategies being used to handling killings in the country, bring new people with fresh ideas to tackle the insecurity. There is the need for immediate review of the security architecture of the country for efficiency and effective policing,” he said.
Over the past few months there has been series of killings in the country, especially from the northeast and central. The latest killings were in Taraba and Benue states with several people killed following fresh violence that broke in the two states. Also in Zamfara State about 22 people have so far been killed.
