The Senate has asked the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd), to declare a state of emergency on security without further delay.
The red chamber made the call following a point of order by Senator Sani Musa (APC, Niger East), on the abduction of students and staff of the Government Science Secondary School in Kagara, Niger State in the early hours of Wednesday.
Musa claimed the terrorist who whisked their victims away were dressed in military uniforms. He said the actual number of students abducted was not known but that the school had over 1000 students.
The Senator said security agencies had explained that they were on the trail of the criminals.
Senator Bima Enagi, also from Niger State, declared that the Buhari regime was incompetent to handle security challenges in the country claiming that the Federal Government is busy giving palliative instead of creating employment, thus aggravating insecurity.
The Senate demanded the implementation of its ad hoc resolution on security and urged the combined team of military and police to set up an operation to destroy criminal camps across the country.
