Newsonline Nigeria reports that the Lagos State House of Assembly has passed a resolution urging Gov. Babajide Sanwo-Olu to convene a security council meeting in the state.
The House said the meeting was in a bid to stem the spate of alleged killings of residents by men in uniform.
The assembly passed the resolution at a plenary under a motion of ‘Matter of Urgent Public Importance’ by Mr. Kehinde Joseph (APC-Alimosho II).
A Senator representing Ogun West Senatorial District Sen. Olamilekan Adeola had recently announced that his aide, Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, was allegedly murdered by unknown military personnel in July, adding that his corpse was later discovered at the Ladipo Bus Stop along Oshodi-Mile 2 Expressway.
The assembly also reacted to the recent fracas between some army personnel and officers of the Lagos State Traffic Management Authority (LASTMA).
Speaker worried
The Speaker of the House, Mr. Mudashiru Obasa, lamented that the killings had so far taken the same pattern with men in uniform being allegedly mentioned.
Obasa stressed that the security of lives and property was one essence of government, saying that “where we begin to have one, two, three killings in the state, it calls for concern.
Earlier, Joseph, who is the prime mover of the motion, had called the attention of his colleagues to the recent killings, saying the incidents called for concern. Joseph recalled that earlier in August, a resident, Mr. Adeniyi Sanni, who was an aide to Sen. Olamilekan Adeola was murdered, adding that there were other two incidents on Aug. 17 and 19.
Joseph moved that the police should be called upon to step up security in the state while the military should fish out the men who perpetrated such crimes with army uniforms.
In his contribution, Mr. Bonu Saanu (APC-Badagry 1) observed that it was becoming increasingly difficult to know fake security personnel and genuine ones.
The speaker, thereafter, asked the clerk of the house, Mr. Lekan Onafeko, to forward the resolution of the House on the issue to the governor.
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