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The senate on Thursday resolved to invite President Muhammadu Buhari to brief a joint session of the National Assembly on incessant killings in the country.
The resolution comes a day after the House of Representatives summoned the president on the same issue.
The summons follow the recent killings by herdsmen in Benue state.
At plenary on Wednesday, Senator Obinna Ogba, representing Ebonyi central, moved a motion that the upper legislative chamber should invite the president to brief them on the nation’s security situation.
There had been extensive debates on an earlier motion moved by Senator George Akume, representing Benue north-west, on the continued killings in Benue. Most of the lawmaker lamented that they were tired of “sitting here every day and observing one-minute silence in honour of victims.”
They also accused the security chiefs in the country of lacking ideas needed to arrest the situation.
Ogba’s motion was unanimously adopted by the lawmakers after which Senate President Bukola Saraki said the senate leadership will meet with that of the house of representatives to agree on the date Buhari will address them.