Nigerian lawmaker raises questions on President, security chiefs’ competence to curtail insecurity
By OakTV
29 March 2018 |
7:00 am
A member of the Nigerian House of Representatives representing Chikum/Kajuru Federal Constituency, Yakubu Umar, has raised some questions about the competence of President Muhammadu Buhari, state governors and security chiefs in the country to contain growing insecurity of lives and property across the nation.
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