A wave of unease swept through the National Assembly on Tuesday as the Senate dramatically tightened its grip on the Federal Government, demanding an immediate and radical overhaul of Nigeria’s crumbling security system. The lawmakers, visibly shaken and enraged, called on President Bola Tinubu to approve the recruitment of 100,000 fresh military personnel without delay—a desperate bid to halt the country’s slide into chaos.
The chamber fell into a heavy mood as senators recounted the horrifying attack on Government Girls School, Maga, in Kebbi State—an invasion so brutal that the vice principal was gunned down and 25 innocent students were dragged into the darkness by armed men. The incident, yet another stain in Nigeria’s long list of school tragedies, triggered an outpouring of anger and frustration.
Senator Adams Oshiomhole (Edo North), raising additional prayers, lit the fuse that turned the plenary into an emotional battleground. Voices rose. Tempers flared. The gravity of Nigeria’s security collapse became impossible to ignore.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio, sensing the intensity, abruptly halted the open session and moved the chamber into a secretive closed-door meeting, a rare step that only deepened the drama unfolding in the red chambers.
When Oshiomhole spoke, his words struck like a warning siren.
“We must recruit 100,000 more soldiers—now. Nigeria does not have the numbers to defend itself. And our youths are ready to serve,” he declared, his voice echoing through the hall.
But the most dramatic moment came when he tore into the Safe School Programme—an initiative supposedly created to prevent the very tragedy Kebbi just witnessed.
“Security has become business for some people. We cannot monetise the blood of our children! What happened to the money earmarked for the Safe School Programme?”
Gasps rippled across the chamber.
The senator pressed for a full, uncompromising investigation, insisting the nation could no longer look away while schools turned into hunting grounds for armed criminals.
The Senate’s message was unmistakable: Nigeria is running out of time, and the government must act—or risk losing far more than its children.
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