The Senate has called on the Federal Government to intensify efforts to secure the safe rescue and release of abducted women and children from Woro community in Kwara State.

The resolution followed renewed concerns over killings and insecurity in Kaima Local Government Area.

The upper chamber also urged the Federal Government to redesign and comprehensively clear the forest reserve of criminal elements, and to consider the strategic establishment of additional security formations where necessary.

It further called on both federal and state governments to provide comprehensive support, resources, and structured programmes for displaced farmers and residents of Woro community and neighbouring areas to restore livelihoods, rebuild economic resilience, and enable sustainable stability.

The resolutions followed a Point of Order raised during Tuesday’s plenary by Sen. Sadiq Umar (APC–Kwara) on the “killings of over 100 innocent persons in Woro communities of Kaima Local Government Area”.

Moving the motion, Umar expressed concern that remote and forest-bordering communities remained highly vulnerable and required enhanced protection and early-warning mechanisms to prevent further loss of lives and humanitarian crises.

He acknowledged the prompt humanitarian interventions of President Bola Tinubu, the National Emergency Management Agency, the Kwara State Emergency Management Agency, and the Red Cross. He also commended the subsequent deployment of personnel from the Nigerian Armed Forces and the Nigerian Police Force.

Contributing to the debate, Senate Minority Leader, Sen. Abba Moro, described the attacks and killings as tragic.

“The issue of insecurity, banditry, kidnapping, abductions, and the killing of innocent persons has become a recurring decimal,” he said.

He added that despite strong pronouncements by the President and the Federal Government, killings had continued across the country, particularly in Kwara in recent times.

Moro urged the Senate’s ad hoc committee on security, which is proposing a national security summit, to reactivate its activities and aggressively pursue the summit to enable meaningful legislative interventions to reshape the country’s security architecture.

Similarly, Sen. Adamu Aliero (APC–Kebbi) said Nigeria had the capacity to tackle bandits and kidnappers, while Sen. Ahmad Lawan (APC–Yobe) urged closer collaboration between the legislature and the executive to recruit more soldiers and security personnel.

Following a voice vote presided over by Deputy Senate President, Sen. Jibrin Barau, all the prayers of the motion were adopted.