Olusola Fabiyi Olalekan Adetayo and Leke Baiyewu
The Senate at the plenary on Thursday resolved to summon President Muhammadu Buhari to address the legislature on the spate of killings across Nigeria.
The upper chamber of the National Assembly will hold a joint session with the House of Representatives, which had on Wednesday invited the President over the spate of insecurity in the country.
Senators, some of whom called for declaration of emergency in Benue and other states with big security challenges, said the competence of the country’s security chiefs would be discussed with Buhari.
The decisions were taken based on a motion moved by Senator George Akume (APC, Benue North-East) on the killing of two priests and 17 worshippers in a Catholic Church in Benue State.
The lawmakers resolved that “the Senate and House of Representatives summon the President on the matter of…
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