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Reps task IGP to beef up security in Festac, satellite towns, Abuja entry points

By Terhemba Daka, Abuja
16 October 2015   |   1:07 am
THE House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and the authorities of other security agencies to beef up security in Festac and satellite towns in Lagos.
Acting Inspector-General of Police, solomon Arase

Acting Inspector-General of Police, solomon Arase

THE House of Representatives has called on the Inspector General of Police, Solomon Arase and the authorities of other security agencies to beef up security in Festac and satellite towns in Lagos.

The House at plenary yesterday urged the IGP to establish unit road blocks in Festac and Satellite town, to curb the activities of robbers who operate in military uniforms.

The parliament said there should be regular patrol in Festac and Satellite town especially in the night and that the IGP should ensure that the perpetrators of the crime are caught and the hostages in the hands of the kidnappers safely released like it happened in the case Chief Olu Falae

Adopting the motion brought as a matter of urgent importance by Oghene Emma Egoh (PDP-Lagos), the House yesterday expressed concern that people are now afraid to go to banks and attend to other businesses.

Egoh had during his submission argued that residents of Festac and Satellite town now live in fear as a result of constant robbery in the area.

He said, “People are shot regularly as they go to and fro the banks for their normal business.”
He lamented, “a few weeks ago a business man by the name Mr Udoji was kidnapped in Festac town and a ransom of N100 million was paid and up till now he has not been released.”

The House of Representatives also called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency, re-deploy sophisticated security scanners at the various military checkpoints at all the entry routes to Abuja.

Consequently, the National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Army Staff have been asked to ensure the deployment of such scanners with the capacity for long-range coded-aperture imaging to the military checkpoints at the entry points.

Also, the House’s Committee on National Security (to be constituted soon) has been mandated to monitor the development and report back to the House within three weeks.

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