The Senate on Wednesday expressed concerns over recent violent clash among youths in the border communities of Benue and Taraba States, that left many dead.
It, therefore, asked that security be beefed up in the two border towns.
The decision was reached after Senator Emmanuel Bwacha (Taraba South) citing Order 42 and 52, drew the attention of the Senate to the clash.
The senators observed a minute silence in honour of those killed in the clash and also called on the National Emergency Management Agency to come to the aid of the victims.
They also called on the police authorities to hasten the completion of a Police Mobile Force barracks in the border towns of the two states.
Also, Senator Shehu Sani (Kaduna Central) cited Order 42 and spoke on the two people, a Briton and a Nigerian (Faye Mooney and Matthew Oguche), who were killed on the outskirts of Kaduna.
He also said many others were taken hostage by the gunmen.
The Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, said the issue must be taken seriously because it has a diplomatic implication.
“This has a lot of diplomatic implication. We need to take this more seriously,” he said.
Senator Ali Ndume (Borno South) agreed with Ekweremadu that something urgent must be done to end the killings being witnessed across the country.
“I rise to support the Deputy Senate President. We are representatives of the people. I think we need to go further than just bringing a motion here and observing a minute of silence. We need to do more; it is getting out of hand,” Ndume said.
The President of the Senate, Bukola Saraki, stressed the need to appreciate security agencies who left their comfort zones to improve the condition of lives of others.
He noted that many of them ended up losing their lives in the process. Punch
