Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Rt. Hon.
Ahmed Idris Wase, has assured that the House would
ensure that justice is served to all those affected by the End
SARS protest.
Wase gave the assurance on Monday when he met with the
service chiefs and other heads of security agencies at the
National Assembly.
The meeting was at the instance of the House ad hoc
committee to interface with relevant security agencies and
stakeholders, headed by the Deputy Speaker.
The main terms of reference of the panel is to review the
End SARS protests and create an atmosphere for the
legislature and the security operatives to brainstorm on how
best to restore peace, calm frayed nerves and forestall a
reoccurrence of the destruction and mayhem that trailed the
hitherto peaceful protest.
Wase in his opening remarks at the meeting, said the
essence of the committee was to address End SARS
movement and the aftermath, without jeopardizing national
security and ensuring that the issues raised by the protesters
were addressed, for a peaceful and harmonious nation.
“We are going to take inputs from the various service chiefs
and all the relevant stakeholder involved to ensure that
justice is served”, he said.
Present at the meeting were the Comptoller-General,
Nigerian Immigration Service, Mohammed Babandede;
Comptroller-General, Nigeria Correctional Service, Ahmed
Jafaru; Commandant-General, Nigeria Security and Civil
Defence Corps, Abdullahi Gana Muhammadu and Director
General, State Security Service, Yusuf Magaji Bichi; while
representatives of the Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval
sSaff, Chief of Air Staff and Comptroller General, Nigerian
Custom Service, among others, were also in attendance.
Recall that, the House had on 20th of October 2020, set up
an ad-hoc committee, sequel to a motion passed on the
need to address the breach of national security emanating
from the peaceful End SARS protest.
The Wase led ad hoc committee is made up of the majority
and minority leaders, as well as chairmen of all security
related committees in the House and 3 members each from
the relevant standing committees.
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