Senators in session
The Senate has after an emergency session on its first legislative day of the year on Tuesday summoned service chiefs over rising insecurity in the country.
On resumption, the Senate had gone into executive session after the leader, Senator Opeyemi Bamidele raised a motion on behalf of the Senators on the security situation in the country.
After about two hours behind closed doors, the Senate reconvened and resolved to invite the service chiefs next week, with some senators openly livid over the spate of kidnappings, murder and general insecurity.
The Senate also adjourned plenary to February 6 to allow lawmakers to participate in Saturday’s by-elections.
Under President Bola Tinubu, the service chiefs are the 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.
