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The Senate has mandated its committees on Army, Defence, Air Force and Navy to investigate the March 14 killing of 16 Nigerian Army personnel in Okuama Community of Delta. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua during Tuesday’s plenary. The motion was tagged “The killing of Nigerian Army Personnel…
Raising Orders 41 and 51 of the Senate Standing Rules, Yar’adua, who is Chairman, Senate Committee on Army, described the incidence as a serious threat to national security and the stability of the nation. “This collaboration is essential to foster trust, enhance security and promote a sense of shared responsibility in preventing such tragedies in the future.”
Similarly, Sen. Ahmad Lawan said that the military needed support at all times not attacks, adding that “what happened in Delta was not an accident but well orchestrated to kill our men.”On his part, Sen. Seriake Dickson described the act as sad and dastardly, and called for inquiry to ascertain the totality of the facts of the matter.
The Senate has mandated its committees on Army, Defence, Air Force and Navy to investigate the March 14 killing of 16 Nigerian Army personnel in Okuama Community of Delta. This followed a point of order raised by Sen. Abdulaziz Yar’adua during Tuesday’s plenary. The motion was tagged “The killing of Nigerian Army Personnel…
Senior and junior workers of the Nigerian Ports Authority have threatened to shut the ports. The threat was made after workers on Monday issued a seven-day ultimatum to the Federal Government to reverse the presidential directive on automatic deduction of 50 percent from its internally generated revenue . In a letter signed by the…
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