Senate President Godswill Akpabio yesterday said insecurity in the country has drastically abated since President Bola Tinubu assumed office on May 29, 2023.

Akpabio stated this while contributing to a debate on a motion on the latest killings in Benue State.

Describing the Benue incident as an “aberration,” he said it was on record that the frequency of major killings across the country had drastically reduced.

The motion was sponsored by Senator Emmanuel Udende (APC – Benue North-East.

Akpabio said: “The primary responsibility of the state government is to use the security vote to ensure that the security of lives and properties in Benue state is protected.

“The first line of thought is the government of Benue as Senator Udende brought, we have not heard any comments from the government of Benue.

“If 50 people have been killed and communities have been attacked, we will expect that the state government will marshal out plans with the immediate security operatives within the affected state and see what they can do before bringing it to the President(Bola Tinubu).

“I want to assure you that President Tinubu, though he has not stayed long in office, is supportive of the activities of the Armed Forces.

“By the time the Senate meets with him in conjunction with the House of Representatives, I believe that the resolutions that we come out with what will benefit the entire country.

“It is a fact that since he assumed duties, insecurity has abated and major attacks are no longer taking place, but this one is just an aberration, and it will be brought to an end.

“I assure the good people of the areas affected that this matter is now on the floor of the Senate and we are taking serious actions with the presidency to ensure that normalcy is restored to the areas and the victims are also taken care of.”

In its resolutions, the Senate observed a minute silence in honour of those killed and urged the Service Chiefs, the Inspector-General of Police, and other security agencies to, as a matter of urgency, deploy security personnel to the affected areas.

It also resolved to put together all resolutions on killings across the country for presentation to the Executive arm of government.