The 14days ultimatum given to the Inspector General of Police, Mr Ibrahim Idris to investigate the killings of 73 people in Benue state by suspected Fulani Herdsmen no doubt ended yesterday yet no reply from Mr. Idris to the senate today, Nwafor Sunday reports. In view of his absent and failure to report back to the senate, the senate president, Dr. Bukola Saraki said “We must make it very clear to the security agencies that those kinds of ultimatums cannot be taken lightly.
People think we are just going to sweep this under the carpet, the answer is NO. We are not going to stop until people are made accountable”, he said. This was made known to newsmen via the original tweeter handle of Nigerian senate. As Senator Joshual Lidani cited Order 43 in today’s proceeding, he equally opined that since the IGP has not arrested anybody nor reported back to the Senate, the committee on Police should summon the IGP and report back to the Senate on Tuesday. Reacting to the failed 14days ultimatum, Dr. Bukola Saraki said, “We passed the ultimatum because there was great concern by some of us.
Such resolutions from this chamber must be taken seriously. I think this goes beyond issuing ultimatum, the issues on security must be taken seriously. “The Senate committee on Police and Intelligence should summon the IG to be able to make an explanation to us on where we are with the 2 weeks ultimatum and the two committees should report to us by Tuesday the exact situation we are. “We must make it very clear to the security agencies that those kinds of ultimatums cannot be taken lightly. People think we are just going to sweep this under the carpet, the answer is NO. We are not going to stop until people are made accountable. “Even as the President said in his letter, he has told the IGP to ensure speedy prosecution & I hope that the IGP takes this seriously because definitely this is a matter that affects the whole country & something needs to be done. We will make sure that happens.
On Zamfara the senate president said: “I feel the danger of what is going on in Zamfara and we agree that the security of you and you family is serious issue. What we have been discussing here has largely to do with the security infrastructure of the state and its a concern for all of us “There is clearly a breakdown of law, order and security, we need to take these issues to the summit where governors and security agencies will be present.
We must confront ourselves with these issues to be able o find a solution. “What I can assure you is when we do have this summit we must take zamfara as a special case and extract from the Governor and security agencies, what is the way forward”, he said.
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