Former Vice President, Alhaji
Atiku Abubakar, has called on the federal government to beef up security as
Nigeria heads towards the 2019 general elections.
He said the call became
imperative following the current wave of insecurity.
Abubakar spoke, yesterday, when
he visited survivors of the recent suicide bomb attack in Mubi recuperating at
the Federal Medical Centre, FMC, in Yola, the Adamawa State capital.
He said: “As we march towards
2019, insurgency, kidnapping, armed robbery, thuggery and other forms of
insecurity are bound to be on the increase. The Federal Government should as a
matter of policy beef up security to cope with the rising trend.”
The Turakin Adamawa suggested
that the military should be detached from operating in the internal security of
the country, stressing that the DSS, police, Nigeria Security and Civil Defence
Corps, NSCDC, and other para-military organisations should be re-organised to
meet the current challenges.
He advised the Federal Government
to “re-equip the para-military organs and give them all the necessary working
materials to enable them withstand the current wave of insecurity.”
He stressed the need for training
and re-training of security operations to enable them meet up with the
challenges of the 21st century because Nigeria currently does not have the
required security men to meet the security challenges.
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