The Senate, on Wednesday, summoned the Minister of Defence, Mohammed Badaru; Chief of Army Staff, Lt-Gen Olufemi Oluyede; and the Inspector-General of Police, Kayode Egbetokun, to appear before it over worsening insecurity in parts of the country, particularly the escalating wave of killings and abductions in Kwara South Senatorial District.
The lawmakers also demanded the immediate establishment of a permanent military base in Ifelodun Local Government Area, where 12 vigilantes and a traditional ruler, the Baale of Ogba-Ayo, were recently killed by suspected bandits.
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They further directed the Committees on Defence, Police Affairs, and National Security and Intelligence to conduct an on-the-spot assessment of the affected communities and submit a comprehensive report within two weeks.
The resolutions followed a motion of urgent national importance sponsored by the Deputy Senate Leader, Senator Lola Ashiru (Kwara South), titled “Urgent Need to Address Insecurity in Kwara South Senatorial District.”
Ashiru painted a grim picture of the security situation, lamenting that “bandit attacks, kidnappings, and killings have reached alarming levels in recent weeks, forcing thousands of residents to flee their ancestral homes.”
He revealed that at least 142 people had been kidnapped and over 70 others killed in the past year, with no fewer than 25 communities deserted due to incessant attacks. Farmlands have been abandoned, roads have become unsafe, and local economies have collapsed, plunging residents into deeper poverty.
“In Oke-Ode alone, 12 forest guards and local vigilantes were ambushed and killed. The Baale of Ogba-Ayo community was also brutally murdered. These are not isolated incidents; the killings have spread across Babanla, Sagbe, Oro Ago, Ganmu-Alheri, and other communities,” Ashiru told the Senate.
*Demand permanent military base, accuse security agencies of reactive response
He accused the security agencies of offering only “episodic and reactive responses” to recurring attacks, leaving vast ungoverned spaces in the hands of criminal gangs.
According to him, the perpetrators, often foreign armed groups operating in alliance with local informants, have turned the Kwara-Kogi-Ekiti boundary forests into operational hideouts.
“Our local security volunteers and vigilantes, who are the first responders, lack adequate protection, equipment, or insurance. Yet they continue to risk their lives to defend their communities,” Ashiru lamented.
The senator warned that if the violence in Kwara South is not swiftly contained, it could spread to neighbouring states in the North Central and South West regions, with dire implications for national stability.
Several senators, including Deputy Senate President Barau Jibrin (Kano North), Mustapha Saliu (Kwara Central), Sadiq Umar (Kwara North), Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North), Garba Maidoki (Kebbi South), and Sunday Karimi (Kogi West), supported the motion and called for immediate action.
They collectively decried what they described as the “creeping expansion of banditry into previously peaceful regions,” warning that the situation could further erode public trust in government if decisive measures are not taken.