Nigeria security chiefs on Wednesday honored the invitation of the Senate to discuss the spate of insecurity across the country.
The meeting was, however, postponed because some heads of intelligence agencies did not show up at the meeting.
Those present for the meeting were Chief of Army staff, Taoreed Lagbaja, Chief of Naval staff, Emmanuel Ogalla, and chief of Air staff Hassan Abubakar.
The inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and Director-general of the Department of State Services (DSS), Yusuf Bichi were also present
However, the meeting was postponed to February 13.
Godswill Akpabio, the senate president, said the likes of Christopher Musa, chief of defence staff, needed to be present for the meeting to hold.
Akpabio said,
“We also heard about the infiltration of the federal capital territory (FCT) in places like Kubwa and Bwari. We have heard reports that they have cells where they are congregating. We have heard reports of your efforts and we resolved to invite you to brief us on this resurgence.
“While we welcome you, we are not passing the buck, we are not blaming you. But you are not complete.
“We also like to have the National Security Adviser (NSA), Chief of defence staff, Minister of state for defence, and Director-general of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) and the Minister of interior.
“We want you to know that we represent the Nigerian people and we will only do their will. The senate is of the view that the FCT is under threat.”
Thereafter, Akpabio directed the clerk of the senate to inform other heads of security agencies to be present next week.
There have been frequent killings, abductions of innocent Nigerians of recent, in different part of the country, including the FCT with the kidnappers demanding for ransom as condition to be met before those in captive could be released.
