The Senate on Wednesday dumped the Senate Committee on Police report on the Benue State killings, saying it is incomplete without the input the State Governor, Samuel Ortom.
THE Senate rejection of the was a result of a comment by the Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, and Senator George Akume.
Akume, while speaking on the report, said the Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has not been fair to the people of Benue State considering the way and the manner he has handled the matter.
He added that the report is incomplete because the governor has not been invited by the committee to speak his own side of the matter.
He said the comment of Idris was not based on professional soundness, adding that what he told the committee is not the truth of the matter.
He revealed that many people with AK 47 are walking round without being arrested by the Police.
According to him: “Thousands are moving with AK47, not arrested.
“People are still being killed in these areas.”
According to the committee report, a total of 145 suspects have been arrested out of which it said 124 have been charged to court and 21 still under investigation.
The Police boss said before the Committee that the allegation by Ortom that armed militia are being camped in Tunga in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State to unleash mayhem on Benue State people was untrue.
But Akume dismissed the statement of the IGP, saying the militia were camped in Tunga in Awe Local Government Area of Nasarawa State to unleash mayhem on Benue State people.
In his remarks, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, stated that the report is incomplete until the governor of Benue State is invited.
The Senate resolved to mandate the committee to go and balance the report by inviting Governor Ortom.