The Senate will meet President Bola Tinubu next week on the spate of insecurity after a parley with security chiefs, Senate President Godswill Akpabio said.
Also yesterday, House spokesman, Akintunde Rotimi, broke down in tears over the killing of two monarchs and abduction of six school children in Ekiti State.
The country has been reeling under serious terrorism, banditry and kidnapping, which have taken a turn for the worse.
In a renewed wave of crime, kidnappers have killed their victims, while huge ransoms have been paid.
Akpabio said the meeting with the President has become expedient.
The motion on insecurity was sponsored by the entire 109 senators.
Senate Leader Opeyemi Bamidele said: “The Senate notes with sadness the rising spate of killings, kidnappings, banditry, and other criminal activities in the nation.
Oyo State Governor, Seyi Makinde said the time for state police has come. He dismissed fears of abuse, saying states that can maintain them should be allowed to set them up.
According to him, Amotekun was formed due to the Federal Government’s refusal to approve state police.
He got the backing of Southwest Speakers, who visited him in Ibadan, the state capital.
He believes it was time to revisit the matter.
“A lot of people may not know that before we launched Amotekun in this state, some of us went to the Federal Government.
“We asked to be allowed to set up state police for our various states but we did not get that approval during the time of President Muhammadu Buhari.
“I disagreed at that particular time and still disagree to date that the states are not in the position to maintain state police.
“I have never seen where the Federal Government went to a particular state and gave the police everything they needed. So, the states are already maintaining the police.
“Give us the responsibility first and see if certain states will be able to maintain it or not. But since we could not get state police, we settled for Amotekun.
