The House of Representatives has demanded that President Muhammadu Buhari reopen investigations into unresolved cases of high profile political and extra judicial killings in Nigeria.
According to Premium Times, the essence of the charge to the Federal Government, the House resolved, is to bring the culprits to justice.
This demand was raised in a motion titled, ‘Need To Undertake Further Investigations Into Cases Of Extra Judicial Killings And Other High Profile Murders’.
This motion was raised by Kingsley Chinda, he noted that the extra judicial killings were allegedly being carried out by men of the Nigerian Police Force, and personnel of some other security agencies and unknown gunmen.
The Premium Time report states that the motion was unanimously agreed on by the House, and was referred to the Committees on Police Affairs, Public Safety and National Security (when constituted) by the Speaker, Yakubu Dogara, to monitor the investigations of the cases and present an interim report to the House within four weeks for further legislative action.
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