The Senate has mandated its joint committee on security to investigate the abrupt withdrawal of military personnel from Government Girls Secondary School, Maga, in Kebbi State, just before the school was attacked by bandits.
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The committee is expected to submit its findings within two weeks.
The resolution came after Senate Deputy Leader Lola Ashiru moved a motion during Wednesday’s plenary titled, “Urgent Need to Address Escalating Insecurity in Kwara, Kebbi, and Niger: Call for Immediate and Comprehensive Federal Intervention.”
The upper chamber also called for a probe into the circumstances surrounding the killing of Brig-Gen. Musa Uba and resolved to dissolve its standing committees on National Security, Intelligence, and the Air Force, with a view to reconstituting them.
The Senate leadership was instructed to meet President Bola Tinubu to brief him on the resolutions.
The Senate observed a one-minute silence in memory of the victims of the attack.
Deputy Senate President Jibrin Barau noted that insecurity across the country had increased following statements by former US President Donald Trump suggesting possible foreign military intervention to address the perceived genocide of Christians in Nigeria.
“Since then, the spate of terrorist activities has increased, showing that those behind these heinous crimes do not love our country,” he said, urging the deployment of technology to counter such threats.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele added, “What is important is that many kidnapped persons from Kwara, Kebbi, and Niger have regained their freedom. At what cost, many Nigerians wonder.
While some claim the government negotiated for their release, the official position is that no ransom was paid.
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