The Senate has vowed to pursue the introduction and implementation of community policing in the country.
Consequently, the Senate has resolved to summon the Inspector General of Police, IGP, Mohammed Adamu to brief and update the lawmakers on the progress made so far.
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This came as the House of Representatives lamented the security situation in Nigeria.
Speaking on behalf of his colleagues, the House spokesperson, Benjamin Kalu (Abia, APC), said the security situation in the country was ‘alarming.’
“We will look at what pains you and pains us, that is insecurity in the land, it is alarming,” the lawmaker said.
The Senate and House of Representatives spoke on a day gunmen in the early hours of yesterday, abducted a 17 year old secondary school student of Government College, Rubochi, Abuja in the presence of other teenagers in the same apartment.
Confirming the abduction, the FCT Police Commissioner said a manhunt for the gunmen and efforts to rescue the student have commenced.
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