The Senate yesterday raised the alarm over the worsening state of insecurity in the country, saying state police remained one of the solutions to the problem.
It also spoke of summoning the service chiefs to speak on how the present state of insecurity in the country could be tackled, and demanded special military operations against banditry, kidnapping and other violent crimes, especially in the north east and north west.
The Senate’s resolution came against the backdrop of a motion moved by Senator Abdulaziz Yar’Adua (APC-Katsina) at plenary yesterday.
Presenting the motion, Yar’Adua raised some concerns over the kidnap of five female students of the Federal University Dutsinma, FUDMA, in Katsina State in their hostel on Wednesday, October 4, 2023.
He said about 24 students of the Federal University of Gusau, Zamfara State, were also abducted recently.
“Sixteen of them have been successfully freed, following a rescue operation by security agencies,” he said.“Yar’Adua said that the kidnapping had thrown the university communities in the zone to a panic mood.
He said there was also the case of eight National Youth Service Corps, NYSC, members who were kidnapped by suspected terrorists on their way to camp in Zamfara on August 21.
“The NYSC corps members were traveling in an Akwa Ibom Transport Company, AKTC, bus from Uyo, Akwa Ibom, to Sokoto State, for the one-year mandatory national service, when their vehicle was intercepted by the terrorists,” he said.
He said that the frequency of kidnapping for ransom had increased in major towns and communities in the North West and other parts of the country.
