The Senate President, Bukola
Saraki, on Wednesday, urged the Plateau governor, Simon Lalong, to feel free to
contact the National Assembly leadership should he require security beef-up in
the state.
Saraki stated this when he paid a
condolence visit on Plateau governor in Jos to sympathise with government and
people of Plateau over the killings of scores of people in the state.
The Senate president said it was
obvious that some thing was wrong with the security situation in the country,
adding that something needed to be done to arrest it.
“Something is wrong unless we want
to deceive ourselves. It might not have started today but let us sit down at a
table and find a solution to it.
“Definitely something is not
working right and it is upon us and we must collaborate to correct it,” Saraki
said.
He commended the governor’s
efforts to stop the killings in the state.
Saraki, however, advised Lalong to
be fair and just in governing the people saying that God would be on his side
to guide him if he does what is right.
Saraki said the National Assembly
would, through its oversight function ensure that whatever was required to stem
the killings was done.
Responding, Gov Lalong said the
nation’s security architecture needed restructuring for it to be more
proactive.
“I agreed with you that we need a
new security architecture because if we allow people to be killed before we
look for the reasons that they were killed, it is unfortunate.
“It is better that they must be
proactive, know what is coming and take action before it happens,” he said.
The governor added that he was
taken aback at what happened because it happened in a very short time.
According to him, before he left
for the APC convention, he had interacted with security chiefs and community
leaders and there was no tension or cause to worry.
He said that shortly after they
began to announce results, he was informed that his state was on fire and he
immediately left the convention and ran back home.
“We are doing our best to ensure
that the crisis doesn’t spread to other parts of state,” he assured.
The governor thanked the Senate
President for visiting the state soon after similar visits by the Vice
President and President.
He said that the visit clearly
showed his (Saraki) concern for Nigeria and Nigerians.
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