The Deputy Senate President, Sen. Ike Ekweremadu has condemned recent herdsmen killings across the country, saying the Senate was tired of observing “one-minute silence” for victims.
Ekweremadu who spoke at plenary on Tuesday harped on the need for peace and security before infrastructure development.
He added that the senators like every other Nigerians were worried over the general insecurity in the country.
He said, “The senate is not the only group or body concerned, Nigerians are also worried. We are tired of always observing a minute silence, we must have peace and security before even thinking of infrastructure and development in the country.”
Former Senate President, Sen. David Mark (PDP – Benue South) said Nigerian laws were ancient and incapable of tackling the present security challenges in the country.
“The laws we have are ancient laws. If these laws are not working it’s our duty to create modern laws that will work in order to protect lives and properties.
“It’s unacceptable if we say the killers are foreigners because if we do then it simply means we are open to invaders.”
In the same vein, Minority Leader, Sen. Godswill Akpabio said now would be a good time to revisit the contentious issue of State policing.
He said, “We should revisit the constitutional review where we can start State policing and community policing so as to curb these kind of internal mayhem.”
Sen Sam Anyanwu (PDP – Imo East) urged the government to term foreign armed bandits as terrorists and not Fulani herdsmen.
“They must be tagged as terrorist since they are foreign armed bandits and not play politics by tagging them as Fulani herdsmen,” Anyanwu said.