Gunmen Kill Police, Abduct 3 Chinese As NASS Urges More Security Action

Some gunmen have killed a police orderly and abducted three Chinese expatriates in Itagunmodi of Osun state.

The incident happened on Monday at a mining site where the expatriates were said to be working.

While confirming the incident, the state Commissioner of Police, Abiodun Ige said the police orderly killed in the attack was attached to the expatriates.

THE WHISTLER learnt that one of the expatriates, who tried to escape was shot and is currently receiving treatment at the Obafemi Awolowo University (OAU) teaching hospital, Ile Ife.

The attack is coming just at the House of Representatives and the Senate on Tuesday called on security agencies in the country to address electoral violence as well as apprehend the perpetrators of such.

The both chambers made the call on their verified twitter handles.

Senator George Sekibo citing Orders 42 & 52 moved a motion on public electoral violence.

Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe while reacting to the motion said, “We join them to condemn this electoral violence. People have been known to create violence and nothing has been done. What we should add is that law enforcement agencies must be up to the task.

“The husband of the woman that was killed in Kogi has identified those that committed the crime and they should be arrested. We will urge all legal instruments that can be used to be deployed to curb electoral violence.

Contributing, Senator Abdullahi Yahaya (Kebbi) also condemned the electoral violence. He said, “Irrespective of the party we belong to, our responsibility is to prevent and curb electoral violence. The security agencies should put good measures and punish the perpetrators of electoral violence.”

Thereafter, the Senate resolved to “condemn the spate of killings in the country; observe a minute silence in honour of those that lost their lives in the just concluded elections in Bayelsa and Kogi States.

“Urge the NOA and INEC to carry out electoral violence advocacy campaigns in subsequent elections and urge security agencies to apprehend perpetrators of this violence.”

Commenting on the motion, the Senate President, Ahmad Lawan said, “This is a very important motion, no party is absolved from this and we should continue to enlighten our followers to see politics as a game of ideas, people should pay price for their actions.”

On its part, the house, while adopting a motion by Representative Toby Okechukwu said the aim is to ensure that there is no repetition of electoral violence, adding that the level of security breach during the recent elections could either mean a lack of manpower or culpability on the part of the security agents.

Earlier, Representative Nkeiruka also decried the sad development of electoral violence in Kogi and Bayelsa states and suggested inviting the Nigerian Police Force to explain the remote cause of the violence.

Reacting to the motion, Gbajabiamila called on members to ensure “the outcome of the investigation isn’t prejudicial to court proceedings.” He proposed an amendment to the motion stating that the report should not contain reference to any political party.

The house observed a one minute-silence in honour of those killed during the elections.