Senator Representing Abia North in the red chambers, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has alleged that soldiers are now aiding kidnappers in the country.
Contributing on a motion on insecurtiy during plenary yesterday, senator Abaribe who is also the minority chief whip said kidnap victims are no longer safe when handed over to soldiers for safety.
He said “What else do we do aside from getting up and making this presentation? As I stand before you, I do not know but I can only say what is that abnormal thing we will do?
“I know on this floor when I was on the other side, sometime in 2008, we raised a motion on Abia state and the president agreed and sent soldiers. They helped reduce the kidnapping.
“But all of a sudden, we now see that some soldiers are helping kidnappers. We are in a very big and difficult situation. We sympathise with the people killed.
Senator Abaribe also accused some state government of negotiating with bandits. “This means we have yielded to the bandits. Some state governments have even gone to negotiate with the bandits.”
