The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, Nyesom Wike, and the Commissioner of Police, Benneth Igwe, over the homicide of Chris Agidy, an aide to Senator Ned Nwoko, by some kidnappers.
The Senate resolved that the FCT Minister and the police commissioner ought to seize the Purple Chamber on the rising instances of kidnapping in Nigeria’s capital metropolis.
The Senate decision adopted a movement sponsored by Senator Nwoko on the kidnap and killing of his Senior Legislative Aide, Agidy.
Agidy was reportedly kidnapped together with 19 others within the Galadimawa space of Abuja in November 2023.
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The Senate additionally directed the set up of CCTV cameras in strategic places inside and around Abuja highways, including that the police should dedicate a three-digit emergency quantity for efficient emergency response.
The legislators additionally directed the Nigerian Communications Fee to urgently ensure the performance of devoted emergency numbers for the police, ambulance service, and health to boost swift response to safety and public security incidents.
The Senate President, Senator Godswill Akpabio, additionally acknowledged that each of the FCT Minister and the CP had been to satisfy the Senate in a closed-door session on a date to be written in a letter of summons to be forwarded to them by the Clerk of the Senate, Chinedu Akubueze.
Akpabio mentioned, “The FCT Minister and Police Commissioner would seem earlier than us in closed session on a date to be despatched to them by the Clerk of the Senate.
“Their anticipated look earlier than the Senate is to listen to from them measures and techniques being put in place to stem the ugly tide of kidnappings within the FCT.
“Incidences like kidnapping and killing of SLA of Senator Nwoko and a few residents of FC are worrisome and should be stopped not solely within the FCT but in addition in Nigeria typically,” he added.
