Speaker of the House of
Representatives, Yakubu Dogara, has confirmed that they have summoned President
Muhammadu Buhari and called for the sack of service chiefs, over the spate of
killings in Benue State and other parts of the country.
Writing on his verified Twitter
page, Dogare noted that “we cannot continue to look on as our people are murdered
in cold blood”.
“In response to widespread
attacks on citizens across the country, @HouseNGR today passed a vote of no
confidence on service chiefs and security advisers and called for their
replacement.
“We also resolved to summon the
Commander-in-Chief of the Armed Forces, @NGRPresident @MBuhari in order to
answer pertinent questions concerning what the Executive is doing to put a
decisive end to the spate of killings in different states of the Federation.
“The foremost responsibility of
government is to ensure the safety of lives and property and as a responsive
Legislature backed by the mandate of our constituents, we cannot continue to
look on as our people are murdered in cold blood,” he wrote.
The decision was unanimously
adopted by the Reps after a Kano lawmaker, Baballe Bashir (APC, Kano) moved for
the amendment of a motion moved by Mark Gbilah (APC, Benue).
The House also resolved to
suspend its plenary for three days (one week), in solidarity with victims of
attacks across the country.
Sitting or no sitting this guys collect money so what is the need, though I support the surmon because the killing is becoming too much
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