MEDIA SHOULD NOT JEOPARDISE NATIONAL SECURITY, SAYS SENATE

The statement said, the story does not represent anything discussed in the executive session, adding that none of the claims made in the story occurred during the executive session, ’also, the story represents a breach of the privilege of the Senate as an institution and that of its members’.

The Senate frowned that the story was equally an irresponsible journalism as it seeks to undermine national security and set top officials against each other. ‘Our view is that with the speculative story by the newspaper, the progress the Senate has recorded in finding lasting solutions to the security problems may have suffered a big setback’.

Abdullahi said, the Senate has therefore decided to refer the matter to its Committee on Ethics, Privileges and Public Petitions for further investigations and appropriate recommendations.