Reps want security scanners at Abuja entry routes

House of Representatives has called on the federal government to as a matter of urgency; re-deploy sophisticated security scanners at the various military checkpoints at the entry routes to Abuja.
To that effect, the National Security Adviser, Chief of Defence Staff and the Chief of Army Staff have been asked to ensure the deployment of such scanners with the capacity for long-range coded-aperture imaging to the military checkpoints at the entry points.
Also, the House’s Committee on National Security being expected to constitute had been mandated to monitor the development and report back to the House within three weeks.
The resolution was sequel to a motion sponsored by Hon. Blessing Nsiegbe who told the House that the resolve to avoid the escalation of terrorists attacks in Abuja and its environs after the twin bomb blasts in Nyanya in April last year led to the introduction of military checkpoints at every entry route to the nation’s capital, a motion which was unanimously adopted through voice votes.
While expressing regrets over the recent bomb blasts at Nyanya and Kuje, which occurred on October 2, claiming several lives, leaving many others injured, she said in view of the fact that the insurgents deployed the use of high calibre Improvised Explosive Devices (IEDs), there was the need to deploy scanners that could detect them from afar.
According to her, following the recent bomb attacks, many residents are living in fear about the security situation in the FCT.