By Damilare Adeleye
The Nigerian Senate has summoned the Security Chiefs over gruesome attacks on Miango village in Bassa Local Government Area of Plateau State on Christmas Eve.
Those summoned to appear before the upper Chamber include General Christopher Musa, Chief of Defence Staff; Gen. Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Army Staff; Air Marshal Hasan Abubakar, Chief of Air Staff and IGP Kayode Egbetokun, Inspector General of Police.
Others summoned are Ahmed Rufai Abubakar, Director General of the National Intelligence Agency; Yusuf Bichi, Director General of the Department of State Services; and Nuhu Ribadu, National Security Adviser.
The resolution of the Senate was a sequel to the adoption of a motion moved by Senator Diket Plang, APC, Plateau Central, on Saturday during plenary, who lamented the constant attacks by criminals in Plateau State, raising the need for a national security summit.
The Senators also called on President Bola Tinubu to act immediately to nip the incessant killings and security challenges in the country in bud.
In his contribution, Senator Adams Oshiomhole, APC, Edo North, called for a need to give an adequate explanation of the inadequate intelligence, asserting that Nigerians are angry with them, hence the need to invite the security chiefs to brief the Senate on the exact situation in a closed session.
The Senate thereafter observed a minute of silence in honour of the victims. It resolved to send a high-powered delegation led by Godswill Akpabio, President of the Senate, to visit and condole with the victims.
The lawmakers also urged the Federal Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to direct its agencies to provide relief materials, especially building materials, to the victims of the crisis with immediate effect to enable them to relocate back to their homes and decongest the internally displaced persons camps.
They also urged IGP Kayode Egbetokun to complete the Mopol barracks in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area.
The Red Chamber further urged the Nigerian military to deploy intelligence and aerials in the affected local government areas of Plateau State and its environs.