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I stand with N’Assembly on state police— Atiku

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I stand with N’Assembly on state police— Atiku

Former vice president Atiku Abubakar has backed the National Assembly’s resolution to amend the constitution in order to include state police and community policing in the country.

The Senate made this known Tuesday while discussing the spate of killings in the country, the most recent being the herdsmen attacks in Plateau State.

Senate president Bukola Saraki urged state houses of assembly to support the National Assembly to achieve the goal.

Speaking on Wednesday, Abubakar also condoled with families and colleagues of seven police officers who were killed in Abuja in the line of duty.

He said the lawmakers have by their action demonstrated courage in seizing the initiative to intervene in the country’s security crisis.

Recalling the massacres in Benue, Plateau, Taraba, Adamawa, Zamfara, and Kaduna States, Abubakar said the National Assembly’s move was “decisive”.

According to him, given the seeming helplessness of the citizens in the face of deadly attacks, the National Assembly has a responsibility to give legal backing to the creation of state police and community policing in the country.

“A peculiar crisis demands a decisive action, and I am one hundred percent behind the National Assembly in their efforts to strengthen the hands of state governments in providing security to their citizens,” Abubakar said.

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The former vice president explained that security strategies should be reviewed regularly because the criminals involved are also studying the weaknesses and strengths of the security system.

According to him, the state should always be ahead of the criminals or should be able to develop strategies that can neutralise them before they even strike.

Abubakar called on Nigerians to support the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly in this bold decision to amend the constitution to create state police and community policing.

“Nigeria must show, by words and action, that the lives of our armed forces and the police and indeed of any Nigerian matter to us. Even one loss of life is a loss too many”, he said.

 

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