A former Director of the Department of State Services, Mike Ejiofor, in this interview with KAMARUDEEN OGUNDELE, bares his mind on the security challenges in the countryseems to be renewed attacks by
Boko Haram insurgents, what do you think is responsible for this?
There is another thing that is causing this; that is the release of those arrested for terrorism. The government has been releasing some of them under the notion that they have been de-radicalised. These same people will go back into the society and start wreaking havoc. I think the government should reconsider its stance on the release of de-radicalised insurgents to avoid reintroducing criminals into the society.
If they argue that it will be abused, is the federal police not being abused? There must be a way to check the abuse. If there is no abuse there won’t be offences. Any law must have checks and balances. When it is abused there must be a remedy.Of course. The South-East had a regional outfit as a test run although not formally launched beforecame on board. Some people in the North also conceived one without the support of the government and traditional rulers.
I still don’t know if the proponents of this recruitment of constables are on the right path regarding community policing. Community police is not a standing force where you go and start recruiting people. It is the involvement of community people to assist the police. It shouldn’t be a standing force where you start recruiting people. It is either I don’t understand them or they don’t know what they are doing.
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