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FG warns Nigerians against ethnocising crime

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The federal government has warned Nigerians against ethnocising crime in the country and also resist the tendency of seeing crime in relation to one ethnic group or another.

The warning was issued on Friday by the Minister of Interior, Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola who stressed that Nigerians must equate security with the global picture of a society that puts its emphasis on the dignity of man and human development.

Aregbesola, who made the comments in Abuja when he received a delegation from the Executive Intelligence Management Course 14 of the National Institute for Security Studies, also added that crime is an anathema to the nation.

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He said; “One thing we must all resist is the tendency of seeing crime in relation to one ethnic group or another, a criminal is a criminal no matter the ethnic group he or she belongs to.

“No ethnic group in Nigeria glorifies crime and criminality, so let us all condemn crime.

“Our morality itself makes crime an unpopular vocation,” Aregbsola added.

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