In response to a devastating bandit attack in Taraba State that claimed roughly 80 lives, the Senate has directed federal security forces to launch an immediate joint offensive across the border regions of Taraba, Plateau, and Bauchi.
Lawmakers raised the alarm following a motion of urgent national importance by Senator Isa Shuaibu Lau regarding the October 23 raid on Binnari in Karim Lamido Local Government Area.
Armed bandits stormed the village shortly after Friday prayers, shooting residents, plundering businesses, and setting homes and vehicles ablaze before fleeing across state lines into Plateau State.
Warning that persistent rural violence threatens national stability, the Senate called on security agencies to set up additional military camps, ramp up aerial surveillance, and flush out criminal enclaves along shared state boundaries.
To address the resulting humanitarian fallout, the upper chamber observed a minute of silence for the victims and mandated the National Emergency Management Agency alongside the North-East Development Commission to deliver immediate relief supplies to displaced survivors.
