By Kamil Opeyemi
The senator representing the Federal Capital Territory Ireti Kingibe has hinted of plans by the Upper legislative chamber to summon the Minister of the FCT, Nyesome Wike over the worsening state of insecurity in the federal capital.
Kingibe gave the hint while answering questions over the state of security in the FCT on a Channels Television programme. She said, “When the Senate resumes, I plan that the (Senate) FCT committees, specifically me, need to sit with the two ministers and the security agencies for them to give us their plans concerning security.
“It is not that I am hoping. I know he will be summoned. But whether he responds or not is a different matter entirely. But as the chief security officer of the FCT, he should have a plan.
“He should be able to tell us, the committee, and specifically me, that this is the plan for protecting the people of the FCT. Between him, the police commissioner, and the head of the DSS, they must have a plan.” While commending security agencies for the works they have done so far, Kingibe said she had raised the alarm before the current situation.
She said, “And I must commend the security agencies for doing something when we started to scream. But the truth is a little bit earlier, I tried to draw their attention and I was told that it was exaggerated.
“… and I said it couldn’t be because what I’m telling them, I did not get from social media. I got it from my constituents. But I’m glad that everybody is now on the same page.
“They’re trying to take it all seriously, but a lot more needs to be done. Catching the kidnappers is just the symptom. We need to get to the root cause of what is causing all of this insecurity.”