The Senate has called on the Federal and Rivers State governments to work together to develop workable strategies to tackle rising cases of killings in the state.
This followed a motion by Andrew Uchendu at plenary.
Presenting the motion, Uchendu said that the death of innocent citizens as a result of murder, kidnapping, violence or abduction had been the bane of Rivers for more than a decade.
He said the killings assumed dangerous dimension before, during and after the 2019 general elections.
Osinachukwu Ideozu expressed regrets over the killings and said it was not an isolated case.
In his remarks, the President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki called for a holistic approach to the problem.
He expressed concern that the level of insecurity in the country had taken a worrisome dimension.
