House Of Representative Seeks Overhaul Of Security Architecture 

Frustrated by the sordid stories of killings, kidnappings and destruction of communities by insurgents and other criminal elements, the House of Representatives upon the adoption of a motion of urgent national importance, recently called on President Muhammadu Buhari to relieve his National Security Adviser, Major-General Babagana Monguno (retd) of his duties for abysmal performance.

The House equally urged the Federal Government to direct the Inspector General of Police and the Chief of Army Staff to deploy Special Forces to Birnin Gwari and Giwa Federal Constituency of Kaduna State to combat bandits terrorising the people.

The House in an emotion-laden session also urged the Federal Government to set up camps for internally displaced persons and to equally provide relief materials to offer succour to victims of the attacks.

These resolutions were consequent upon a motion of urgent public importance sponsored by Hon. Shehu Balarabe, (APC, Kaduna).

In presenting the motion, the lawmaker expressed concerns over rising activities of Bandits in Birnin Gwari and Giwa communities in the past few weeks.

He said that between March 24 and 28, over 117 people were killed, 130 abducted and over 10,463 people displaced, following series of attacks launched by bandits across communities in his constituency.

The lawmaker added that countless cattle were rustled, while houses and other valuables belonging to his constituents were razed during the invasions by the bandits.

He called on the Inspector General of Police and the chiefs of Army and Air Staff to mobilise more personnel to the area.

Hon. Balarabe further called on the Air Force to be more proactive in responding to attacks by insurgents as its helicopter that is supposed to be for rapid response has never engaged the bandits when called.

He also appealed to the relevant Ministries, Departments and Agencies (MDAs) in charge of setting up and equipping Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) camps to help shelter the displaced citizens, especially as the rain is fast approaching.

He further called on the Ministry of Humanitarian Affairs and other relevant agencies to assist the victims with stipends for survival.

In supporting the motion, the House Majority Leader, Hon Alhassan Ado- Doguwa (APC, Kano) said: “Mr. Speaker, I rise to speak in the capacity of the Majority Leader, who of course is the ambassador of government on this floor.

"You can see how this chamber has been thrown into disquiet over the motion.

“When you have a government in place, the major responsibility of that government, especially a democratic one, which was elected by the people is to ensure safety of lives and property of citizens.

"When things like this continue on daily basis, those of us who are representatives of the government become speechless.

"We become speechless here to defend actions by the government.

“This is an elected government under a popular democracy but we continue day in, day out killings, massacre, armed robbery all over, left, right and centre.

"This is a report from just one local government out of the 774.

"The case of Giwa is not just a new case; he (Balarabe) is only giving us the most recent happening.

"Giwa has been engulfed by killings in the last two, three years.”