Senate Begins Three-Day Summit to Tackle Worsening Security Crisis

By: Aremu Toyeebaht

The Senate is set to open a three-day national security summit today as lawmakers move to address what they describe as Nigeria’s worsening security crisis.

According to a statement issued by Sir Kenny Okolugbo of the Senate President’s media office, the summit will consolidate findings and recommendations gathered from the Senate’s previous zonal hearings conducted across the six geopolitical zones.

“The 10th Senate has concluded the zonal hearings in the six zones of the country,” Okolugbo said. He recalled that the severity of the situation was first raised on the Senate floor by Senator Jimoh Ibrahim in May 2025.

He noted: “The issue with us as a nation is that we do not pay attention to internal solutions, we get more excited at international interventions.”

Okolugbo added that the escalating violence affects citizens of all faiths. “We have killings of Christians and Muslims alike, but the pain is felt even more because the Senate President today is the highest ranked Christian in the administration of President Bola Ahmed Tinubu, being the number three citizen.”

He further quoted Senate President Senator Godswill Akpabio’s remarks during earlier deliberations: “The soldier that dies is someone’s brother, son, husband, and in the case of a female soldier, daughter, wife, and sister. Their death is just as painful as the deaths of the citizens killed.”