The House of Representatives, yesterday, condemned the rising cases of ‘one chance’ operatives within the capital city.
The House in it’s resolutions during plenary in Abuja directed its relevant committees to interface the Minister of the Federal Capital Territory, FCT, Nyesom Wike, the FCT Police Commissioner, the Director General of the Department of State Services (DSS).
The House motion followed the killing of one Miss Nimah Sulaiman by one chance operatives on 17 October.
The resolution arose from the motion of urgent national importance sponsored by Ismail Dabo.
Miss Suleiman was a Legislative Aide to the sponsor of the motion.
The House also mandated its Committee on FCT to investigate the use of unregistered/unpainted taxis within the capital city as well as a comprehensive investigation into the activities of kidnappers and arm robbers within the capital city and report to the House within three weeks.
Presenting the motion, Dabo who represents Toro Federal Constituency of Bauchi State lamented that in recent years, the nation’s capital has experienced an upsurge in the rate of kidnappings and robbery incidents, including “one chance”, from those kidnapped from far flung suburbs to those kidnapped on the Airport Road, those picked from their Estates, to those kidnapped at the City centre to those abducted by renegade one-chance taxi operators.
He said further that it has been a tumultuous and scary situation for people living within the capital territory as the use of unregistered and unpainted taxis has further worsen the situation, providing an easy conduit for criminal activities within the capital city.
He explained that Miss Sulaiman was kidnapped and killed on 17 October 2024, on her way home to Jahi District, about 6:15 p.m., where she was taken at gunpoint at Bannex Junction in Wuse 2, by one chance operators.
He said despite paying ransom in full, her life was tragically cut short and her body was found between the hours of 9 to 10 p.m., at Maitama/Minister’s hill Bridge.
