The National Assembly has said the current insecurity in the country has reached a level where all stakeholders must come to together to find lasting solutions to it.
The legislative arm revealed that kidnappings, killings and banditry is war that has no frontiers.
The Deputy Senate Leader, Ajayi Boroffice stated this on Sunday when he led a 14-man delegation of the National Assembly members to Akure, the Ondo state capital in a condolence visit to Afenifere leader, Pa Reuben Fasoranti following the killing of his daughter, Funke Olakunri.
He said the Senate and the House of Representatives would collaborate with the executive arm towards providing way forward, saying, “The killings must not continue.”
He said: “The National Assembly was concerned about what happened and there was a motion and resolution was taken. Senate condemned what happened and also commiserate with Fasoranti. National
Assembly will work hand in hand with the executive to find lasting solutions to insecurity.
“Something has to be done very urgently. We have a role to play because we are part of the government. The killings cannot continue.
“We are concerned about what is happening. We believe that action has to be taken to stop the nefarious activities of these people. We are fighting a wall that has no frontiers, we are fighting those we don’t know their location. But, with our conscious efforts we will find solutions to it.”
On the calls for the relocation of Fulani from the South by the Northern Elders Forum, Boroffice, who represents Ondo North said the statement might be as a result of anger.
“We are a nation where the constitution guarantees free of speech. I don’t think the Senate can legislate on it. I believe people speak with emotion or out of anger or sentiment. I don’t think that is enough for us. This shows concerns of Nigerians and this will actually activate the solutions the country wants to put forward to solve it,” he said.
Also speaking, Senator Amosun noted that the current insecurity is alien in the country, added that all hands must be on deck to end it.
The former Ogun State governor said: “Security is collective responsibility of everybody and we have been talking about state police, community police, getting our people employed, fighting insecurity in the hard way
“I think all of us must come together to find a lasting solution to all these incident that has more or less affected our country but we need to still give kudos to our security and i am sure they will not rest until we are all secured in Nigeria.”
On his part, the House of Representatives member representing Surulere/ Ogo Oluwa constituency of Oyo State, Hon. Segun Odebunmi said the killing of Olakunri is a national embarrassment.
Odebunmi added that local security arrangements should be deployed to complement the efforts of the nation’s security outfits, noting it would help in no small measure to curb the increasing insecurity across the nation.
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