The Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; service chiefs and other heads of paramilitary agencies are expected to appear before members of the House of Representatives on Monday for explanation on the procurement and deployment of arms and ammunition in their respective agencies.
The House of Representatives Ad Hoc Committee on the Need to Review the Purchase, Use and Control of Arms, Ammunition and Related Hardware by Military, Paramilitary and Other Law Enforcement Agencies in Nigeria served the invitation letter to the Inspector-General of Police, Mohammed Adamu; service chiefs and other heads of paramilitary agencies.
Meanwhile, the Chairman of the ad hoc committee, Olaide Akinremi, at its first investigative hearing in Abuja, penultimate Friday, had described the matter as sensitive.
Akinremi told PUNCH on Friday that following the resolution of the House to look into arms purchase in the last 10 years, incumbent heads of military and paramilitary agencies are to appear before the lawmakers on Monday.
Akinremi said, “We have invited them. This time round, it is not only the Chief of Army Staff. We invited the three components of the military – Chief of Army Staff, Chief of Naval Staff and Chief of Air Staff. They are all coming on Monday. There are others like the Comptroller-General of (Nigerian) Immigration (Service); Commandant-General, (Nigeria Security and) Civil Defence (Corps); Comptroller-General, Nigerian Correctional Service; Comptroller-General, (Nigeria) Customs (Service); they are also coming.”
This came over a month after the ex-Chief of Defence Staff, General Abayomi Olonisakin (retd.), and the service chiefs resigned their positions and were replaced by the President Muhammadu Buhari
