National Assembly Questions Police Over Release Of Suspected Bandits In Plateau

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December 14th, 2021, 6:53 pm

The House of Representatives has ordered an investigation into the worsening insecurity and banditry which have claimed lives in Plateau State, particularly in the Wase Local Government Area of Plateau State and adjoining communities.
The order was informed by the legislators as it expressed worry over claims that the police in the area were freeing suspected bandits after being linked to some attacks.
According to a statement on the verified Facebook page of the House, the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila, during plenary on Tuesday, mentioned an eight-member committee to immediately probe the allegation.
According to the statement, “The resolution followed a matter of urgent public importance moved by the Deputy Speaker of the House, Ahmed Idris Wase, to call attention to the deteriorating security situation in his constituency.”
Briefing the House, Deputy Speaker cited specific cases where he alleged that the police released suspected bandits, including the bandits who recently kidnapped the wife of the district head of Wase.
The Deputy Speaker informed the House that apart from killing their victims, the bandits also sent many packing from their homes and destroyed their economic activities.
Wase said he was pained that as a senior member of the National Assembly, he intervened in several cases to ensure that the suspected attackers were traced and arrested, only to later hear that they had been released by the police.
“Mr Speaker, I am in pain because these people were arrested. As we speak, there is no prosecution. You only get to know to your surprise that they were released by the police,” he said.
The Deputy Speaker called for security to be beefed up in Wase and the adjoining communities and also sought interventions from the National Emergency Management Agency (NEMA) to reduce the trauma of the victims.
According to him, the bandits were regrouping in places like Wase after they were dislodged by security forces in Borno, Zamfara, Sokoto, Kaduna and other locations where insurgency and banditry thrived.
“For the first time in the history of this country, all the six geological zones are battling one form of insecurity or another.
“It means that we must find solutions faster than we are doing,” House Deputy Minority Leader, Rep. Toby Okechukwu, said.
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