Nigeria House Summons Security Chiefs Over North-West Crisis

The Nigerian House of Representatives summoned the National Security Adviser, Minister of Defence, Minister of Finance, and various service chiefs to a closed-door session on June 11, 2026. The legislative action follows a motion by Representative Sulaiman Gumi regarding a humanitarian crisis in the North-West, specifically citing attacks in the Gummi/Bukkuyum constituency that killed between 93 and 95 people from June 1 to June 6.

Lawmakers seek an accounting of financial releases to the Ministry of Defence over the last six months to determine why security results remain low. The House urged Bola Ahmed Tinubu to recruit nationwide forest guards, invest in surveillance technology, and establish state police to decentralize security. These demands follow a pattern of escalating violence, including May 2026 attacks on schools in Oyo and Borno states and the abduction of a retired Major General and his wife in Katsina.

While President Tinubu has assured the public that the government is intensifying rescue operations, the House maintains that a more aggressive security strategy is required. The legislative body has called for non-kinetic interventions from other ministries and the deployment of additional personnel to the North-West to flush out bandits from ungoverned spaces.