Institute Decries Security Agencies’ Inability To Stop Political Thuggery News
The executive director, World Institute for Peace, Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi briefing journalists lamented that there has been increased activities of political thugs in the build up to the February polls while the security agencies look the other way.
He therefore called on the president to activate state machinery in a proactive manner to deal with the act which has lingered for too long. “As the country is approaching the 2023 presidential election, it is very necessary for the federal government to put in top gear, measures to stop any act of thuggery and banditry in the country. Meanwhile, the way political thugs are grouping in the South West especially Oyo and Osun states obviously, it is becoming unbearable and this needs a very weighty action to halts it growth,” he said.
He said that the freewill given to political thugs to operate in the West and banditry in the North as well as the activities of unknown gunmen in the South East all pose threats to the hope of a peaceful, credible and free elections.
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