
• Plenary at the House of Representatives turned rowdy on Tuesday as members were sharply divided over a motion seeking to invite the President Muhammadu Buhari to appear before the lawmakers to explain the rising spate of insecurity in the country.
• The House was considering a motion moved by members from Borno State on the recent massacre of 43 rice farmers in the state by Boko Haram insurgents.
• Part of the prayers was to invite Buhari to appear on the floor of the House and address the lawmakers in plenary.
• Efforts by the Speaker, Femi Gbajabiamila; Majority Leader, Alhassan Ado-Doguwa; and Chairman, House Committee on Air Force, Shehu Koko, among others, to have the prayer dropped proved abortive.
• Gbajabiamila’s plea that a state of emergency be adopted instead was also rebuffed.
• The Speaker was forced to ask that the lawmakers have an executive (closed-door) session.
•The House has finally resolved to invite Buhari to address members in plenary over the security crises across the country.
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