Ikpeazu, has faulted the current security architecture, calling it a skewed model that does not allow for timely intervention in matters of
This is as he called for a decentralised policing system, allowing for county police.
Ikpeazu said this on Monday while delivering the keynote address at the fifth edition of The Osasu Show Symposium 2021, at the International Conference Centre, Abuja. He said, “We have a skewed security architecture. The uniqueness of our security challenge requires that we not only have a state police but also county police.”
Referencing the recent kidnappings and attacks in Plateau State, Ikpeazu blamed the worsening security crisis on an overly centralised policing system. He said, “If we had state police and county police, we would have been able to apprehend the criminals.
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