Governor Nyesom Wike of Rivers State has said the best way
to tame the unknown gunmen wreaking havoc in the South East is to invest in
security intelligence.
The governor who is also seeking the presidential ticket of
the Peoples Democratic Party, PDP ahead of the 2023 election, stated this in an
interview with BBC Pidgin.
According to Wike, fighting insecurity is beyond procuring
weapons, urging the government to be proactive in tackling the challenges in
the Southeast by prioritizing intelligence gathering.
When asked to identify the unknown gunmen, the governor
declined, saying “since they said the gunmen are unknown, so they remain
unknown”.
According to him, “It is not just about procuring weapons
for the security operatives, government needs to spend money on intelligence.
When Russia was about to invade Ukraine, Ukrainian forces were not aware but
America, because of their intelligence, alerted Ukraine.
“You don’t need to wait till an incident occurs before you
act. Governance is all about protecting lives and property, if you are not good
at that, you have no business with the government.
“If everybody is dead, who would use the infrastructure you
are putting up”?
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