Nigeria Insecurity Situation: Give Military, Police Free Hand To Operate, Release Kanu To Restore Peace
By Julie Sylvia, Onitsha
Security experts and consultants in Anambra State, on Sunday, advised the Federal Government to allow the military and police free hand to operate and not to take order from the presidency, on how best to tackle any ugly situation.
According to the Chief Security Officer, CSO, Anambra State Amalgamated Traders’ Association, ASMATA, Chief Emmanuel Idoko, security is everybody’s business but still there are experts in security management.
“The military and police are security experts and as such should be allowed to do what they know best in curtailing unwarranted situations. Those top Government functionaries who are mostly civilians should stop using their position to direct the security personnel on how to respond to ugly situations.
“Again, the continued detention of the leader of Indigenous People of Biafra, IPOB, Mazi Nnamdi Kanu, is another major cause of insecurity in the country, especially in the Southeast geo-political zone. These hoodlums, under the guise of fighting for the release of Kanu, rob, kidnap, assassinate, and carry out all manners of crimes.
“The release of Kanu will end Southeast insecurity situation because these criminals who capitalize on his continued detention to maime, kill, terrorise, kidnap, among others, will have no other option than to look for legitimate business to embark upon.
“They capitalized on the sit-at-home to cause the people they claim to protect nightmare and it forced the IPOB to stop the attack on the people. Criminals infiltrated into the enforcers of sit-at-home and IPOB had to end the exercise. They now use the continued detention of Kanu as another opportunity to indulge in crime,” Idoko further explained.
In his contribution, a security consultant, Chief Rogers Nebuwa, stressed the need to mount security cameras in all strategic positions in the country and employ the services of security experts from Finland who according to him use electronic devices in detecting crimes.
“These Finland security people use their electronic devices to detect crimes easily, they capture all activities. There are over 150 porous exit routes in Nigeria. These routes that are more pronounced in the Northern part of the country should be mounted with security personnel and cameras.
“Those Manning the boarders also are part of our problem because they let go any crime once their hands are oiled. Therefore only security officers with integrity will man the nation’s boarders,” he warned.
“Our problem again is that those at the corridors of power aid in committing some crimes because they benefit from such crimes committed. Government will fish them out and deal with them decisively to serve as a deterrent to would be future aides.
“The military and police are not given free hand to operate because of these people that dictate for the security experts. They worsen the insecurity situation but pretend that they help to fight it. They know now that the Federal Government is about to fish them out with the insecurity situation in the country,” he stated.
“These people also include the lawmakers at the State and National Assemblies. They are only interested in what will benefit them and not the interest of those who voted them into power,” he disclosed.
