Senate president, David Mark, who presided over a session that discussed the deaths, said the killings were “unacceptable” and were an opportunity for Nigeria to use capital punishment.
“Every state government has responsibility to protect the lives
and property of the people,” Mark said. “We have to tackle these specific killings of people. This is totally unacceptable. Those involved in this killing must be arrested and brought to book.”
“This is an opportunity to test capital punishment in our law as quickly as possible,” the senate president said.
“We should not be lamenting on this matter. I think these are very serious security challenges and we should go headway to tackle it”, he said.
Mark dismissed the regularly bandied excuse that the nation’s insecurity is triggered by unemployment.
Deputy senate president Ike Ekweremadu, said the killings represented a “failure of security system.”
“It is painful that some people are still playing politics with the lives of our people and this call for alternative solution to the problems,” he said.
Deputy senate leader, Abdul Ningi, however said the blame should go instead to the political class.
“I hope democracy is not trying to say to Nigerians that anybody can do whatever he wants and go scot free. Those who are arrested are found on the streets the following day,” he said.
Lagos senator, Oluremi Tinubu (ACN), called for a vote of no confidence to be passed on the federal government over insecurity.
“Even under Abacha government was not as bad as this with the poverty level so hard on the people, to me I think it is high time we put a vote of no confidence on this government.
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