Reps urge Fed Govt, Army to reopen Abuja plaza
The House of Representatives yesterday urged the Federal Government and the Nigerian Army to reopen the Banex Plaza in Abuja for business activities.
It also urged the authorities to use modern technology, such as surveillance and closed circuit television, to identify and apprehend the perpetrators of the attack on Army personnel in the plaza recently.
The House mandated its Committee on National Security and Intelligence, Defence and the Committee on Police Affairs to investigate the circumstances leading to the closure of Banex Plaza and the military’s involvement.
The committees are also to recommend more effective, less disruptive methods for handling similar situations in the future.
These resolutions followed the adoption of a motion of urgent importance on the closure of the Abuja plaza and the need for modern, civilised methods in handling security issues sponsored by Whingan Oluwaseun.
The House noted the May 18 unrest at the popular plaza, involving hoodlums who attacked military personnel, and the intervention by soldiers and policemen to rescue the victim.
