#EndSARS: Reps Meet Security Chiefs Over Hijack Of Protest

A special ad-hoc Committee headed by Deputy Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Idris Wase, yesterday, met with heads of
security agencies over the hijack of the recent #EndSARS
protests.

The action embarked on by youths to protest police brutality was
taken over by hoodlums who went ok looting and killings.

Speaking shortly before the meeting went into a closed door
session, Wase recalled that the House had set up the ad-hoc
committee on October 20 to interface with the security chiefs over
the hijack of the #EndSARS protests by hoodlums resulting in
“security breach.”

According to him, the essence of the committee is to ensure
there is peace and harmony in the country.

“This is our first meeting and we are going to take input from
the various services. This is a matter that concerns security and
no nation discusses its security situation on camera,” the deputy
speaker stated.

Chairman, House Committee on Water Resources, Sada Soli, had in
a motion “on the urgent need to address the possible breach of
national security in the national #endsars protest” expressed
concerns that the #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums.

He prayed the House to constitute a committee to investigate the
incidence.

The meeting was attended by the Comptroller General of Nigeria
Correctional Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed; Comptroller General, Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corp, Abdullahi Garba Mohammed, Yusuf
Bichi, DG, Directorate of State Service (DSS) and Mohammed
Babandede, Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, while
the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval
Staff, Chief of Air Staff and the Inspector General of Police were
represented.

A special ad-hoc Committee headed by Deputy Speaker of the House
of Representatives, Idris Wase, yesterday, met with heads of
security agencies over the hijack of the recent #EndSARS
protests.

The action embarked on by youths to protest police brutality was
taken over by hoodlums who went ok looting and killings.

Speaking shortly before the meeting went into a closed door
session, Wase recalled that the House had set up the ad-hoc
committee on October 20 to interface with the security chiefs over
the hijack of the #EndSARS protests by hoodlums resulting in
“security breach.”

According to him, the essence of the committee is to ensure
there is peace and harmony in the country.

“This is our first meeting and we are going to take input from
the various services. This is a matter that concerns security and
no nation discusses its security situation on camera,” the deputy
speaker stated.

Chairman, House Committee on Water Resources, Sada Soli, had in
a motion “on the urgent need to address the possible breach of
national security in the national #endsars protest” expressed
concerns that the #EndSARS protest was hijacked by hoodlums.

He prayed the House to constitute a committee to investigate the
incidence.

The meeting was attended by the Comptroller General of Nigeria
Correctional Service, Ja’afaru Ahmed; Comptroller General, Nigeria
Security and Civil Defence Corp, Abdullahi Garba Mohammed, Yusuf
Bichi, DG, Directorate of State Service (DSS) and Mohammed
Babandede, Comptroller General, Nigeria Immigration Service, while
the Chief of Defence Staff, Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval
Staff, Chief of Air Staff and the Inspector General of Police were
represented.