The House of Representatives has accused some of Nigeria’s neighbours of complicity in the rising cases of insecurity within the country.
It also gave a hint of a possible investigation into the activities of some of these nations with regards to allegations that they were sponsoring criminals wreaking havoc across the nation.
The chairman declined going into the details of what transpired behind closed doors, saying, “Military issues are not things we should discuss in public but they raised a lot of issues that we must all sit down as Nigerians and discuss.” He also dismissed insinuations in some quarters that the House had made a U-turn on its earlier resolution calling on the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari , to sack the service chiefs should they failed to resign.He said, “It is not a U-turn but the most important thing that Nigerians want is the security of their lives and for their properties to be protected. That is the meeting we are having today.
Earlier, Gbajabiamila who spoke before the meeting went into closed doors, said, “I thought I should be here to encourage everybody that we’re all on the same page. We all know the situation in Nigeria today; we can’t hide from it; we can’t pretend that it doesn’t exist. The two chambers of the National Assembly on Wednesday last week separately demanded the resignation of the service chiefs or their sack by the President.
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