Senate has blamed the recent suicide bombings in Gwoza town in Borno State on failure of intelligence on the part of security agencies.
Senate President Godswill Akpabio stated this while contributing to the debate on a motion on the incident.
The motion was sponsored by the Senate Chief Whip, Mohammed Ali Ndume, during the plenary.
Leading the debate, Ndume identified Mandara Mountains, Sambisa Forest and the Lake Chad region as the remaining terrorists’ havens.
In its resolution, Senate urged the Federal Government to direct the military to re-think its conventional strategies in fighting insurgency and other crimes by deploying modern technology and scientific tactics.
The upper legislature observed that relying on conventional methods alone, like deployment of troops appeared not to be succeeding as terrorists continued to use non-conventional approaches in killing Nigerians and destroying their means of livelihood.
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