NAIJA NEWS
The Senate has summoned the Inspector General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, and the Ministers of Health and Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Ali Pate and Nyesom Wike, respectively, over the death of the one chance victim, Greatness Olorunfemi, at the Maitama General Hospital last Tuesday.
Naija News reports that Olorunfemi was a victim of ‘one chance’ criminals who stabbed her and pushed her out of the vehicle she boarded along the Maitama/Kubwa Highway.
She was subsequently rushed to Maitama General Hospital but was turned away for refusing to provide a police report.
Saddened by the development, the Senate, through a motion sponsored by Senator Asuquo Ekpenyong, instructed its committees on health and police to carry out a thorough investigation into Olorunfemi’s death and report back in two weeks’ time.
The senators also insisted that Maitama General Hospital be sued for manslaughter.
Senate Summon Security Chiefs Over Surge In Abduction Of University Students
Meanwhile, following the recent spate of abduction of university students across the nation, the Senate has on Thursday summoned all the security chiefs.
During, Thursday’s plenary, the Senate resolved to summon all the security chiefs after Senator Abdulaziz Musa Yar’Adua (Katsina Central) moved a motion titled “Kidnapping of University students in Federal University Dutsinma, Katsina State on Wednesday, October 4th 2023 and the rising cases of kidnapping for ransom in the Northwest Geopolitical zone.”
On Wednesday, there had been reports of the abduction of five female students of the Federal University in Dutsinma (FUDMA), in the early morning hours.
The Service Chiefs include Chief of Defence Staff (CDS), General Christopher Musa; Chief of Army Staff (COAS), Lt-General Taoreed Lagbaja; Chief of Air Staff (CAS), Air Marshal Hassan Abubakar, and Chief of Naval Staff (CNS), Vice Admiral Emmanuel Ogalla.
Wednesday’s abduction was coming about two weeks after suspected bandits kidnapped 24 students of the Federal University Gusau, Zamfara State, from their hostel.
Three days after the incident, sixteen of them were successfully freed during the rescue conducted by security agencies.
Recall that on August 21, 2023, eight corps members were also kidnapped by suspected terrorists on their way to camp in Zamfara State.
Reacting to all these incidents, Senator Yar’Adua told his colleagues that the surge in the kidnap incidents had thrown the university and academic communities into a panic mood.
