Nigeria’s House of Representatives has asked the Nigeria Police Force to conduct a speedy and thorough investigation into the recent violence that took place in Shasha community in Igbarakpa Central/North Federal Constituency of, Oyo State at the weekend.
The investigation is aimed at paving way for prosecution and punishment of those who instigated and participated in the killings and destruction of property.
Speaker of the House, Hon Femi Gbajabiamila said this in his address on the Shasha violence and the rising spate of inter-ethnic violence in the country at the commencement of plenary on Tuesday.
He said the House will not sit back while Nigerians are killed by their fellow countrymen.
The House while giving its support to the committee constituted by President Muhammadu Buhari headed by the National Security Adviser (NSA), Babagana Monguno, to hold peace and unity consultations across the country, also resolved to constitute a working group to participate in the consultations to be held by the Committee.
Gbajabiamila, however, urged those with large followership of people who listen to them and respect their voices, to be more circumspect about the information they share, the language they use, and the conversations they enable.
He stressed that the words used about each other can have outsize consequences on the nation’s peace and stability as they have the power to build or destroy.
The House mandated its Committees on Police Affairs and Justice to communicate its position to the Inspector General of Police.
