SECURITY ALERT WITH JIDE

Ex-DIG calls for retructuring of Police to reflect best practices

A retired Deputy Inspector-General of Police, Abdulrahim Yusuf said the security challenges facing the country could be overcome if the police reform was effectively implemented.

Yusuf told newsmen in Okene, Kogithat presently, the police could not deliver the services expected because of lack of modern equipment and poor quality personnel among the rank and file.

The ex-DIG, who was among guests at the 2012 Ebira national conference, accused politicians and civil servants of compounding the security problems through the violation of provisions of constitution and massive corruption.

He said there was a total disconnect between the people and the elected leaders, which had created room for criminal activities to thrive.

Yusuf said election rigging was gradually becoming institutionalised in the country.

He said this was already manifesting in the behaviours of politicians as stealing of public funds by politicians and civil servants had become the order of the day.

Former Minister of Defence, Tokunbo Kayode, has suggested the creation of a department of home security and a department of national intelligence to check insecurity in the country.

Kayode’ssuggestion coincided with former Osun Governor Bisi Akande’s call for Nigerian youths to be given military training to as part of efforts to stop violence in parts of the country.

A former Nigeria’s Ambassador to Canada, Abdullahi Atta said greed and the collapse of value system were largely responsible for the woes bedeviling the country.

Atta,who was the Chairman of this year’s edition of Ebira National Conference, urged traditional rulers, religious leaders and other men of conscience not to leave the affairs of the country in the hands of politicians alone.

Aliyu calls on FG to release white paper on bomb blasts

Governor Babangida Aliyu of Niger State called on the Federal Government to release its white paper on the various bomb blasts in the country.

Aliyu said the white paper would enable the government identify persons connected and be punished accordingly, adding that Nigerians would also know those responsible for the attacks. 

He said available records showed that some groups were cashing in on the act committed by the Boko Haram for their own selfish interest.