By Muhammed Abubakar, Reporting
MINISTER of the Nigeria’s Federal Capital Territory (FCT), Nyesom Wike, has summoned an emergency meeting over the worrying and worsening state of insecurity in the nation’s capital.
Stonix News reports that the security situation in the area has worsened in the last months with kidnappers and bandits holding the power city by the jugular.
Miffed by the development, Wike, on Tuesday, summoned a meeting of security agencies and other stakeholders in the FCT.
Those in attendance included heads of security agencies in the FCT, top officials of the Federal Capital Territory Administration (FCTA), council chairmen, and traditional rulers.
Wike, during the meeting, urged the council chairmen to live up to their responsibility.
He, however, assured residents of the area of improved security, maintaining that there is a need for the re-strategising of the security architecture in the FCT to tackle the insecurity in the nation’s seat of power.
Stonix News reports that the meeting is coming hours after First Lady Remi Tinubu rued the death of Nabeeha Al-Kadriyar, one of the young girls abducted on the outskirts of Abuja.
In a post on her X platform, the First Lady sent her condolences to the family of the victim, but charged security operatives to redouble their efforts.
“It is with a heavy heart that I acknowledge the devastating loss of Nabeeha and extend my deepest condolences to her grieving family.
“In difficult moments like this, I urge the nation to join in fervent prayers for the safe return of these girls.
“Let us hold the families close to our hearts in prayers.
“I implore our security agencies to intensify their efforts in addressing the pressing matter of kidnappings and insecurity in our nation.
“The safety and swift return of the Al-Kadriyar sisters and others in captivity should be our paramount concern,” she wrote on Monday night.
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