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October 2, 2019
The Senate has called on security agencies to securelives and property of commuters plying the Abuja-Lokoja and other roads acrossthe country.
The resolution followed a motion of urgent publicimportance by Dino Melaye on the repeated killings and kidnapping of commuterson the road.
Melaye, who brought the motion under Order 42 and 52of the senate rule, said that eight people were kidnapped on September 11,while eleven persons were also kidnapped on September 18. He addedthat another eighteen people were kidnapped on September 24, whileeight people, including a senior police officer were killed.
Also Enyinayya Abaribe supported Melaye, saying thatkidnapping was happening in all parts of the country. He emphasised thatsecurity agencies, saddled with responsibility of protecting Nigerians mustunderstand that the country was in a difficult situation.
Senate President Ahmad Lawan while commenting on themotion, said there was the need for the Senate to appropriate additional fundsto tackle insecurity.