Nigerian Senate has called on the Federal Government to suspend its rehabilitation and reintegration programme for Boko Haram members.
According to reports, this is as legislators worried over a rising pattern of targeted attacks, abductions and killings of serving and retired military personnel across the country.
The resolution was passed during Tuesday's plenary session following a motion sponsored by Senator Abdulaziz Yar'Adua, who described the escalating violence against military figures as a dangerous shift in Nigeria's security landscape.
Yar'Adua cited a catalogue of high-profile cases to drive home the gravity of the situation.
Among them were the abduction of retried Colonel Rabiu Garba Yandoto and his two children along the Gusau-Tsafe road in Zamfara State on 1 January 2023; the kidnapping and subsequent killing of retired Maj Gen Richard Chukwudi Duru in Imo State in September 2023, despite the payment of a $50,000 ransom; and the murder of retired Brig Gen Uwem Udokwere at his Lokogoma, Abuja residence in June 2024.
Others were the 56-day captivity of former NYSC Director General, Brig Gen Maharazu Tsiga, who regained his freedom in April 2025; the abduction and death of retired Maj Joe Ajayi in Kogi State in May 2025; and the kidnapping and rescue of retired Colonel Joseph Ajanaku in Plateau State in January 2026.
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The rest mentioned were the abduction and death in captivity of former Director of Defence Information Maj Gen Rabe Abubakar, who was seized alongside his wife in Katsina State on 30 May 2026.
Yar'Adua warned that the deliberate targeting of those who once held sensitive operational, intelligence and command positions within Nigeria's security architecture represented a particularly alarming development.
He said the incidents had resulted in deaths, prolonged captivity, ransom payments, emotional trauma and economic hardship for victims, their families and the country.
Following deliberations, the Senate resolved to urge the Federal Government to halt the rehabilitation programme, intensify efforts to arrest and prosecute those responsible for violent crimes, and direct its security committees to strengthen oversight of the country's security agencies.
The upper chamber also resolved that a delegation led by Senate President Godswill Akpabio should meet with President Bola Tinubu to discuss the worsening security crisis.
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