Benue killings: Senate gives IGP 14 days to fish out perpetrator .

                 
Weighing the gravity and international shame
caused by the killings of over 72 innocent
persons cum criticisms and condemnations of
such act by Nigerians, stakeholders and some
international persons, the senate on Tuesday
ordered the Inspector General of Police, Mr.
Ibrahim Idris to fish out perpetrators before 14
days, mathematically, 72 hours.
Speaking on the dastardly act on today’s
plenary, the senate president, Mr. Bukola
Saraki said, “We want to see immediate
action. One point raised here today is the
issue of justice. Without justice we cannot see
unity and that justice stands as one of our
recommendations.
“In the next 14 days, the Inspector General of
Police must find the perpetrators, arrest them,
and the Attorney General of Benue State must
prosecute them. That is minimum requirement
and it must happen.
“Our resolution is that some of our
discussions here need to be conveyed to Mr.
President. We appreciate his actions for
calling us and giving us a brief on what has
happened. Hence, we owe it to him to tell him
what we have discussed and the seriousness
with which we have taken the issue. It is a
wake-up call for him and it is a wake-up call
for us. It is a wakeup call for this government.
We must address the issue of security. We
cannot continue to allow this violence to keep
going on from one state to another.
““The President must act in this area, and
those responsible for this must be held
accountable. There must also be long term
solutions. Part of this long term solution is that
the members of the committee on security
must objectively look into this.
“The military cannot be the solution all the
time. This is because sometimes the military is
overstretched and that has its own impact and
problem.
““In this regard, we are hoping that the
committee urgently comes up with the
recommendation to us on what we need to do
we need to do to strengthen the police, apart
from more man-power. Is it community
policing? Is it state policing? We need to
know.
““Something must be done in this area, but
more importantly we have condemned these
killings but actions must begin to happen for
us to re-assure Nigerians.
“We are not just here to just talk and we can
assure Nigerians that they’ll see we’ll see that
the executive and all those involved” he
finally said.