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2025-05-08 Africa Subsaharan
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Nigeria: Reps in Uproar Over Worsening Insecurity, Demands Action, Warn of Citizen Revolt - allAfrica.com
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[ALLAFRICA] A stormy session erupted in the House of Representatives on Tuesday as politicians from insurgency-ravaged regions issued stark warnings about Nigeria's deteriorating security situation, lamenting fresh attacks by Boko Haram
 ... not to be confused with Procol Harum, Harum Scarum, possibly to be confused with Helter Skelter. The Nigerian version of al-Qaeda and the Taliban rolled together and flavored with a smigeon of distinctly Subsaharan ignorance and brutality...
and accusing the federal government of inaction.
The debate was sparked by a motion of urgent public importance moved by Rep Ahmed Satomi on the recent fire incident at the armory at Giwa Barracks and the escalating attacks on military formations in Borno and Yobe state.
The motion was quickly snowballed into emotional testimonies and dire warnings, with some politicians declaring that if urgent steps are not taken, Nigerians may turn on their elected representatives.
Hon. Yusuf Gagdi (APC, Plateau) issued a searing rebuke to those downplaying the severity of the crisis. "When the governor is crying, and someone within the comfort of his own says the governor is raising an unnecessary alarm, we are rascals. Nigerians are being killed. This is unacceptable," Gagdi fumed.
He added, "Until the right thing is done by us here... until the government responds with action, not just media statements, don't bet that any member of the National Assembly is safe--not by Boko Haram, but by the people that elected you and I. Time will come, if action is not taken, that Nigerians will take their destinies in their own hands.
"Mr. Speaker, we must stand up and find a way of bringing this issue of insecurity together. Otherwise, you and I is the same. No matter how Nigerians respect us, we are moving to a level that Nigerians will fight us the way they fight criminals and the way they fight Boko Haram.
Hon. Ahmed Jaha (APC, Borno), whose constituency includes Chibok, gave a chilling update: "Ten peasant farmers were slaughtered in Pulka, 14 in Chibok, and military officers in Izge and Kampu. In Wajiboko, Boko Haram used weaponized drones. The Nigerian Army is outgunned and undermanned. I have seen it. Nobody told me. I was there."
Jaha warned the House not to be complacent: "Between 2015 to 2019, the government spent N19.7 trillion on security. Yet Boko Haram is resurging worse than ever. We must do proper oversight."
"Mr. Speaker, I am taking as a victim of the recent resurgence of an insurgence of Boko Haram. I went to my constituency on Saturday to sympathize, to condone with the people that bit the dust as a result of this sporadic, uninterrupted attack. 
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