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General News of Tuesday, 2 March 2021

Source: punchng.com

Insecurity: Banditry becoming an industry benefiting some people - Senate president

Senate president, Ahmad Lawan Senate president, Ahmad Lawan

Nigeria's Senate president, Ahmad Lawan, has cried out over the increased activities of bandits in the nation.

According to the federal lawmaker, banditry was fast becoming an industry, adding quite a number of people are benefitting from kidnapping.

The Punch reports that Lawan made the disclosure on Tuesday, March 2, after the confirmation of the new service chiefs.

The president of the red chamber described the situation as unacceptable saying something must give.

While tasking the newly confirmed military generals to stop the ugly trend, Lawan asked the service chiefs to take the war to the bandits and insurgents in their strongholds.