Worried by the outbreak of sectarian violence in Kaduna State and the killings in Yobe, the Senate on Tuesday spent its legislative day behind closed doors to review the security situation in the country.
It also observed the involvement of foreign elements in the increasing terrorists attacks in some parts of the country.
Briefing journalists after the session, Senate spokesman, Enyinnaya Abaribe, told journalists that the Senate basically reviewed the state of security in the country observing that there was an attempt to cause a religious war in the country.
“There is an attempt by some people to pitch Nigerians against one another,” he said, adding that the Senate would meet with the executive before the end of Tuesday to discuss the way forward.
Enyinnaya noted that there might be some foreigners involvement in the violence but insisted that “we must put our house in order, because no foreigner can come in here unless he is helped by a Nigerian.”
He added, “Some people have been arrested who are foreign nationals. We also know that the civil war in Mali and the crisis in Libya also saw people moving into the country.”
He said after the deliberation, the Senate resolved to meet with the executive branch before further steps could be taken.
Senate President David Mark said the “Senate in the closed door session, discussed issues of national interest and national security and we took very robust decisions on the security situation in the country.”
Meanwhile, youths in Niger Delta have called on christians to device means of defending themselves against terrorist attacks.
The youth, who spoke under the aegis of the Niger Delta Youth Parliament, condemned Sunday’s suicide bombing of three churches in Kaduna State.
National Coordinator of NDYP, Mr. Imoh Okoko, argued that it was wrong for christians to depend on prayer without physically defending themselves from the onslaught of Boko Haram members.
Okoko, who spoke with The PUNCH in Port Harcourt on Tuesday, observed that while security operatives were protecting some mosques in the southern part of the country, similar step had not been taken in the churches in the North.
via Punch
http://www.punchng.com/news/bombings-to-cause-religious-war/
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