Senate Will Summon Wike, Others Over Abuja Insecurity – FCT Senator Ireti Kingibe

The Senator representing the Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ireti Kingibe has said the Senate will summon the FCT minister, Nyesom Wike and the security agencies over insecurity in Abuja.

She stated this while appearing on television on Saturday.

The senator who’s of the Labour Party said, “When the Senate resumes, I plan that the (Senate) FCT committees, specifically me, needs to sit with the two ministers and the security agencies for them to give us their plans concerning security.”

The security chiefs and the FCT minister had met earlier with President Bola Tinubu and a special taskforce was immediately formed to tackle the spake of insecurity in the nation’s capital.

This resulted in the quick rescue of some abducted victims in Bwari and other areas, in which the senator congratulated the security chiefs for their role.

Wike had also been quizzed on his working relationship with the senator and said it’s not his place to include her in his plan.

The minister specifically addressed the security plan for the FCT while visiting Gwagwalada Area Council during the week saying, “The president has asked me to come here today. The other day I was in Bwari and next week I will go to Kwali.

“Security is one thing the president promised Nigerians because his job is to protect lives and property. If we can’t protect lives and property, then we have no reason being in government.”

But the senator insisted that, “It is not that I am hoping. I know he will be summoned. But whether he responds or not is a different matter entirely. But as the chief security officer of the FCT, he should have a plan.

“He should be able to tell us, the committee, and specifically me, that this is the plan for protecting the people of the FCT.

“Between him, the police commissioner, and the head of the DSS, they must have a plan,” senator Kingibe said.

The senator commended the security agencies for waking up to their responsibilities which she said began “when we started to scream. But the truth is, a little bit earlier, I tried to draw their attention.

“And I was told that it was exaggerated and I said it couldn’t be because what I’m telling them, I did not get from social media, I got it from my constituents.

“But I’m glad that everybody, we are now all seem to be on the same page.

“They’re trying to take it all seriously, but a lot more needs to be done. Catching the kidnappers is just the symptom. We need to get to the root cause of what is causing all of this insecurity,” the lawmaker added.