..says security personnel are insufficient, ill equipped
…prosecutions takes too long
..call for decentralised police, judiciary, mineral resources
Governor Nasir Ahmed El-Rufai of Kaduna state Thursday declared that bandits and terrorists tormenting the country have all lose their rights to life and should be wiped off.
He spoke at the Town Hall meeting on National Security hosted by the Ministry of Information and Culture in Kaduna with the theme ““Setting Benchmarks for Enhanced Security and National Unity in Nigeria”.
El-Rufai stressed that the current security situation has called for a national consesus as the country is at war.
The governor also joined the call for the decentralisation of the police, saying that the time has come for state police.
The governor also push for decentralisation of management and ownership of mineral resources. He stressed that it is tine for restructuring of the country.
On the judiciary, the fierce governor said the long duration of prosecution encourages the current secrurity situation in the country, saying bandits and crriminals prefer being taking to court as they have beleive they will soon be freed.
Also, Alhaji Lai Mohammed who led the Federal Government delegation to Kaduna for the programme, said insecurity and its manifestations pose a dangerous threat to the unity of the country and its continued existence as one indivisible nation.
Mohammed further stated that the general state of insecurity, as reflected in incidences of farmers/herders clashes, Boko Haram insurgency, banditry, ethno-religious clashes and intolerance, cultism, drug addiction and kidnapping for ransom, are now triggering rising call for secession as well as politicization of ethnic and religious differences.
He explained that the correct starting point towards addressing these myriad of problems is the building of an “elite consensus” on the security, unity, indissolubility and peaceful existence of Nigeria.
He also called for consensus among the elites so as to workout solutions.
