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The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP),has advised President Muhammadu Buhari to deploy technology in the fight against terror, banditry, and other crimes, pointing out that the apparent failure of intelligence to track attacks by bandits and follow up on them is a clear failure of the intelligence community.
The National Chairman of PDP, Prince Uche Secondus,who gave the advice at a press conference in Abuja,also said that efforts should be made towards partnership with foreign governments and miscellaneous entities for the war efforts.
He advocated the need for the establishment of a state police and implored all citizens to support the quest for state police as is the tradition in other federations.
He added:”Mindful of the current plethora of vigilante in various parts of the country, which have not been enabled to carry out all the elements of effective policing, we call on the governors of the 36 states, the leadership and members of the National Assembly, the Speakers of the State Assemblies, relevant agencies of government, to occasion a summit for a one-stop shop regarding the creation, structure, and management of state police.
“In spite of the concerns over state police, it is doubtful that 36 state police services can be easily overwhelmed, as is the case now with the unitary police. Besides, any challenges can be addressed through legislative framework to make abuse extremely difficult, if not impossible,” he said.
Demanding that all culprits connected to insecurity should be brought to book, the PDP National Chairman said, “all culprits, who have levied war on Nigeria, should be brought to book. It is unfathomable that several mass kidnappings have been successfully staged with the culprits not being held to account. It is a shameful irony that a few bandit leaders that have been taken out were killed by rival gangs and not our security agencies.
“If Sheik Gumi could detect and engage the bandits, we do not understand why our security agencies cannot track, arrest, and prosecute them.”
The party also called for the creation of National Boarders Protection Force to secure the borders, stressing that: “this will include an integrated border protection system that will draw personnel and equipment from existing armed service and Immigration
“We cannot continue to watch while terrorist and bandits continue to levy war on our nation, through our porous borders. This borders force should be equipped with reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, prevention, and enforcement. It should therefore have air, sea, and land capability.
“There must be a synergy and cooperation among the armed services, strategically and operationally. There is no reason a theatre Commander should not have within his control the deployment of the Air Force, the Army, and the Navy in his operational area.
“The administration of President Buhari should completely shed weight on arrogance, lack of respect for Nigerians and its pretences of being an island of integrity.
“He should begin to engage the citizens directly. He should address the nation on the various issues escalating tension in the land and pushing the nation farther to the tips of precipice.
He expressed disgust that the only economic management tool known by this government is just mind-boggling borrowing.
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