The Deputy Speaker of the House of Representatives, Hon Idris Wase, on Tuesday revealed that the Department of State Services (DSS) issued 44 security reports prior to the attack on the Correctional Service facility, at Kuje Area Council of Abuja, by terrorists. Recall that about 800 inmates, including members of Boko Haram, escaped when insurgents invaded Kuje Maximum Prison on July 5, 2022. Hon Wase disclosed this while contributing to a proposed motion to halt the planned ban on the use of Motorcycles across the nation by the federal government. The motion sponsored by Abubakar Makki Yallemen (APC, Jigawa), also prayed that the Federal Government should restrict the proposed ban to the Local Government Areas where the mining activities or banditry/terrorist activities take place.
Yalleman said the House is aware that the proposed ban on motorcycles is aimed at cutting the supply of logistics to the terrorists in the country.
The lawmaker expressed concerns that “the activities of bandits and kidnappings across the country have subjected members of victims’ families to serious psychological trauma even as they are forced to part with their hard-earned money.”
However, the reps are holding off on the motion until adequate palliative measures are put in place.
While responding Wase said: “We should cooperate with the government, though we appreciate what our brother has brought and we appeal to the government that as they implement this policy, it should look at those areas that are not vulnerable and do not have the potency of having any such insurgency in their community.
“In line with our principle to help curb the incessant insecurity in our country, we have to cooperate with the government. You can’t imagine what’s going on today in Abuja. I went through DSS report, 44 reports were given before the attack on Kuje prison. And it all has to do with this. There’s no community where attack will happen that you don’t have intel. So we have to cooperate with the government.”
