Kuriga abduction: HoR delegation visit Kaduna, shows support, sympathy

Kaduna State Governor, Senator Uba Sani has called on the House of Representatives to revisit the issue of State Police in the ongoing Constitutional Amendment in order to help states tackle insecurity in their states.

According to a statement by the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the Speaker, Musa Abdullahi Krishi on Thursday, the Governor made the plea when he received the Speaker, Abbas Tajuddeen and some other members of the House who were on a visit to commiserate with the governor and people of the state over the recent abductions of over 200 people by suspected insurgents.

It could be recalled that bandits in their large numbers invaded Kuriga and abducted over 280 school children, who were at school for learning in Kuriga community on Thursday, March 7.

Governor Uba Sani thanked the Speaker and his colleagues for the visit to commiserate with the people of the State, urged the House to revisit the issue of state police.

He said, “We are (also) ready to partner with you, to support you because Nigeria belongs to all of us. The most important thing to any government is the protection of the lives and property of the citizens, and I believe the National Assembly should lead.

“I want to urge the House of Reps to revisit the issue of state police”.

Expressing sadness at the resurgence of kidnappings in the state, which saw the abduction of the school children, Speaker Abbas told Governor Sani that “the House received the news with a big shock.”

In his remark, Speaker Abbas assured that the House would use all available legislative instruments to partner with the Kaduna State Government and others to come up with solutions that would end insecurity not only in the state but also across the country adding that efforts were ongoing to rescue the school children.

He said, “We thought we had seen the end of kidnappings in Kaduna State, only for it to rear its ugly head in a devastating manner.

“We are very ready to partner with you in coming up with security solutions that will ensure that this kind of thing doesn’t happen again,” Daily Trust reports.

The Speaker commended the governor and members of his cabinet for the measures and policies put in place to nip the resurgence of insecurity in the bud.

The Speaker was accompanied on the visit by the House Leader, Hon. (Prof.) Julius Ihonvbere; Caucus Leaders of both the North and the South in the House, Hon. Alhassan Ado Doguwa and Hon. Nicholas Mutu, and the Deputy Caucus Leader for South, Hon. Babajimi Benson.

Also, part of the delegation were the Leader of the North Central Caucus, Hon. Ahmed Idris Wase; Leader of the North East Caucus, Hon. Mukhtar Aliyu Betara; Leader of the North West Caucus, Hon. Sada Soli; Leader of the South West Caucus, Hon. James Abiodun Faleke; Leader of the South East Caucus, Hon. Igariwey Iduma Enwo, and Leader of the South South Caucus, Hon. Agbedi Frederick.

Members of the Kaduna State Caucus in the House, led by the Caucus Leader, Hon. Amos Magaji Gwamna, were also part of the delegation.