Nigerian legislators raise alarm over terr%rists’ plot to b%mb national assembly, demand urgent security reinforcement

 

Members of the House of Representatives have raised alarm over alleged terr%rist thr+ats to b%mb the National Assembly Complex in Abuja, warning that such an att+ck could paralyse legislative activities and destabilise the country’s democracy.

Chairman of the House Committee on Internal Security, Garba Muhammad, disclosed this on Tuesday during a public hearing on a bill seeking to establish the Legislative Security Directorate — a proposed agency to coordinate and manage security within the parliament.

Muhammad revealed that intelligence reports had uncovered plans by terr%rist groups to att+ck the complex and by protesters to lock it down. He decried rising security lapses within the premises, including car and motorcycle th+ft, fake identity cards, vand@lism, and infiltration by unregistered visitors.

He warned that if urgent measures were not taken, legislative sessions and national functions could be disrupted.

“If proper measures are not taken, it will truncate legislative activities. If activities are thwarted, there will be no representation, no oversight, no annual budget, and no plenary — which will destabilise our democracy,” he said.

Muhammad described the proposed security directorate as a proactive initiative to strengthen the National Assembly’s defences, adopting global best practices in parliamentary security.

He also urged State Houses of Assembly to tighten their own security, stressing that “thr+ats to legislative institutions are thr+ats to democracy itself.”