A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Prof Akinyemi Onigbinde, speaks with MUDIAGA AFFE on security challenges in Nigeria and a need to change th...
A Senior Research Fellow at the Institute of African Studies, University of Ghana, Accra, Prof Akinyemi Onigbinde, speaks withon security challenges in Nigeria and a need to change the style of governance to achieve the best result, among other issues
So, do you think the deviation from the regional government structure is partly responsible for our current challenges? As a way to assuage the rising wave of terrorist attacks the Federal Government recently initiated amnesty for Boko Haram terrorists, do you think it will work? It is a way of telling those who have been fighting that their efforts meant nothing. When you capture them, while you may not want to kill them, you might as well quarantine them in some places because it sometimes takes over 10 years to de-radicalise people. It does not make sense to say they have repented when the war is ongoing.
In terms of policing, how well is the central structure that we currently have in Nigeria helping us? Amotekun as a concept has been long overdue. The Nigeria Police cannot police the vast territory of the hinterland because they do not go inside the bushes. About three years ago, the Ooni of Ife told me that there were no fewer than 3,000 herdsmen settlements in Ife bushes. No policeman will go there. So, Amotekun has been long overdue and I think that the shock to the Federal Government was that they never expected the South-West to come to that proposal in unity.
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