Insurgency: My constituency have been taken over by kidnappers -Deputy speaker cries

By Famous Ozobo

Ahead of the 2023 general elections, the Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Idris Wase, has cried aloud over the high level of kidnapping in his constituency, Wase Federal Constituency of Plateau State.

The speaker cried out on Wednesday during the presentation of a motion of matter of urgent public importance moved by Abdullahi Salame from Sokoto State.

“Virtually, every day in my constituency today, I have one kidnap report or the other — every day,” he noted.

The motion was a called for the establishment of a national task force to combat insecurity.

The deputy speaker, Wase who oppose the establishment of a new security outfit, added that the existing security outfits should be allowed to discharge their duties.

He asserted that t
he creation of a new outfit is unconstitutional, rather the existing outfits should be strengthened to discharge their duties.

However, the lawmakers rejected the call for the establishment of new security outfit.