The Senate has appealed to the Inspector General of Police,
Mohammed Adamu, to reduce the number of checkpoints on Federal
Highways in the country.
This was contained in a statement signed by the Special
Assistant (Press) to President of the Senate, Ezrel Tabiowo, on
Thursday.
This, according to the Senate, has become necessary to reduce
the gridlock on the roads.
The upper chamber also urged Adamu to direct officers of the
Police Force to eschew all forms of extortion while carrying out
stop and search to establish the validity of vehicle
particulars.
The Senate said it “appeals to the Inspector General of Police
to as a matter of urgency review the number of checkpoints on
Lagos-Onitsha federal highway with a view to scaling them down and
all other federal highways in the country not only as a result of
the coming Yuletide festivities but all times from now going
forward.
“Further appeal to the IGP to direct his men on the road
checkpoints to wear human face while attending to the motoring
public and eschew all forms of extortion as is commonly alleged,
while carrying out stop and search and the establishment of the
validity of the vehicle particulars of vehicle owners.”
The resolutions were reached following the consideration of a
motion brought to the floor by Senator Chukwuka Utazi (PDP, Enugu
North).
According to the statement, Utazi, coming under order 42 and 52
of the Senate standing rules, in his motion titled “National
Security versus Disproportionate Road Checkpoints on Federal
highways in the country”, said that the national security
architecture of Nigeria has been stretched beyond its elastic
limits.
He said that acts of criminalities have put untold pressure on
the country’s national security architecture, necessitating and
compelling security agencies to confront security breaches
headlong.
Utazi noted that while roadblocks are necessary to curb criminal
activities, its abuse for unintended purpose is reprehensible.
The Senate also appealed to “the Federal Road Maintenance
Agency, FERMA in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Works
and Housing to as a matter of urgency give face lift to all federal
highways in order to ease free flow of traffic especially in this
Yuletide season.”
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