IN one voice, the House of Representatives Tuesday condemned the killing of Kwara State Commissioner of Police, Mr. Chinwike Asadu and urged the Inspector–General of Police (IGP), Mohammed Abubakar, to fish out his killers.
Adopting a motion sponsored by Zakari Mohammed (PDP, Kwara State), the House also mandated the IGP to " ensure that the killing does not go the way of the previous unresolved murders and assassinations."
Accordingly, the House mandated all its relevant committees to follow up on the case " with a view to ensuring that the Police execute their job effectively."
The lawmakers also asked President Goodluck Jonathan to redouble his efforts as the Chief Security Officer of the country " to ensure that all his security a chiefs are on top of their schedules."
They also made a case for the installation of CCTV cameras to be encouraged in all state capitals and all public places.
The lawmaker while presenting the motion after a minute silence was observed for the late officer, argued that the killing of the Kwara CP brings to question " our fast deteriorating security capacity to deal with all forms of crime in its ramifications."
Mohammed recalled "that the IGP, on resumption of office last year, lamented the pending unresolved murder and other heinous crimes in the country, said it is traceable to the incapacity of criminal investigation departments."
The lawmaker said: "Since 1986 death of Dele Giwa, former Editor of Newswatch magazine through a parcel bomb, Hajiya Sadaatu Rimi, Olufunsho Anthony Williams (2006), Marshall Harry (2003) and Chief Bola Ige (2001), "no high profile killing or assassination has been unravelled."
He further stated: "Late Chinwike Asadu by all standing is a law officer who has some minimum level of detail to ensure safety in the discharge of his constitutional responsibility of policing but the fact that he was caught by assassins bullet is worrisome.
"If a high ranking police officer is attacked in this manner, our security situation in the comity of nations would further worsen thereby making investment drive in our country a mirage, as no investor would put his resources in an unpredictable environment," Mohammed argued.
The Guardian