Senate orders army to the North after Yobe school massacre

Senate orders army to the
North after Yobe school
massacre
With 59 school children dead in Yobe
State, the Senate Defence Committee
has ordered the Nigerian Army to the
North East today to provide protection.
(A survivor pictured above)
The Senate Defence Committee,
chaired by Senator George Thompson
Sekibo suspended budget hearings to
pass a resolution which ordered the
Nigerian Army to the North East.
Chief of Army Staff, Lt. General
Kenneth Minimah was ordered to
provide security for all schools and
health institutions in the Boko Haram
affected areas to include Maiduguri
and Yobe.
General Minimah thanked the
Committee for its concern and said,
"...it will be the last of such from the
insurgents." Continue...
The resolution, introduction by Senator
Ojudu from Ekiti Central, was critical of
the military's failure to pick up
intelligence before the attack and its
slowness to respond to the attack for
five hours.
Ojudu said, "The North East calls for
special attention and we should not be
seating down here in Abuja discussing
budget while our young ones are
being slaughtered in cold blood."
It ordered the army to develop a
strategy to curb to the attacks of Boko
Haram using all military resources, and
relocate to Maiduguri temporarily.
All schools and health institutions to
be provided with special security.
And the Committee of Defense invited
the President of the Federal Republic
of Nigeria to provide the Armed Forces
with what it needs.
The Committee of Defence will tour the
three affected states when the Senate
resumes it plenary.
Source: Sahara Reporters