Rep. Kelechi Nwogu (PDP-Rivers) has called on the House of Representatives to take stronger measures to address the worsening security situation in the country.
Nwogu, who represents Etche/Omuma Federal Constituency of Rivers, made the call on Thursday in Abuja at a special plenary on security.
The lawmaker said that people died every day in the country, a situation that could be avoided if security matters received proper attention.
He said that as representatives of the people, the house must rise and speak for victims of insecurity, ensure that they get justice and prevent future reoccurrence.
“People are dying every day in this world like flies, we read about it in the news, we watch it on television, yet we cannot believe it.
“We only believe it when a man with a long coat comes to our door holding a gun, and then we know we are the next victim.
“Let us not look at it as a solider dying or a military man, remove the rank, remove the uniform, that is somebody’s father, that is someone’s husband, that is the bread winner of a home,’’ he said.
Referring to the recent killing of a Brigadier General, the legislator pleaded with his colleagues to take the issue of security seriously.
“At the point the general died, somebody lost a father, a husband so I plead that the issue of security be taken seriously.
“You can imagine what the son or those close to him have passed through watching their father killed in broad daylight just because they are serving this country,’’ he said.
According to Nwogu, it is time to speak for them, somebody will say, ”God forbid”, but imagine a son or a wife watching the father or husband murdered like that.
“It is time to rise, it is time to speak for them and to speak for the people of Nigeria,” he said. (NAN)
