By Ben Agande, Abuja.
President Muhammadu Buhari has ordered the removal of all military check points nationwide and has directed that police should take control of internal security.
Addressing State House correspondents after‎ a meeting between the president and service chiefs, the Permanent Secretary in the ministry of defence, Alhaji Ismail Aliyu said the president directed the security chiefs to liaise with the Police on taking over internal security.
According to the Permanent Secretary, the meeting with the security chiefs was to give them the opportunity to brief the president on the implementations of recent decisions reached on the fight against insurgency.
He also said that the military high command briefed the president on the relocation of the command centre to ‎Maiduguri as directed by the president on the day of his inauguration.
Details shortly.

http://www.vanguardngr.com/2015/06/buhari-orders-removal-of-military-check-points/


Cc lalasticlala

wahala don come o

Hope our policemen still remember the ABC of internal security o....

because army has majorly being doing that job for them as far back as we can remember.

Anyways, we've been so used to illegality, impunity and distortion of laid down procedures that we cringe at the possibility of doing things the right way. The police is meant to be in charge of internal security while the military takes care of external aggression.

That's what the constitution prescribes.

Kudos to PMB on this even though it gets me scared

I am no expert on security issues, but this doesn't look good from whatever standpoint I choose to look at it


Nigeria is on terror alert and some peeps, like the op above me, are busy yapping about the provisions of the Constitution. ....Of what use is the Constitution to a dead citizen? ... The Constitution can properly be set aside on grounds of overriding Public interest..And the current Nigerian situation isn't one where we should allow the Constitution jeopardize our chances of survival both as individuals and as a nation

The Nigerian Police is presently physically and emotionally unequipped to properly handle armed robberies, much less terrorists who are almost always out-gunning trained soldiers .... What seems proper to me is that soldiers keep on maintaining internal security, while the Police Force is then properly re-oriented and equipped to take over its Constitutional duties... Because I am already shuddering at the prospect of drunk, and lily-livered Police men manning our state Borders and other sensitive internal areas


is it just me, or is Baba really going senile?

must they be removing it every week? pls tell buhari to focus on important issues first

Hmmmmmmmm.. Baba! Hope water wont end up entering the snail from the back? Poorly equipped and trained police!

atlwireles:
I hope it includes maiduguri

You are very wicked.

Replacement of millitary personnels with policemen . I fear for Nigeria

Police ke?

We don die!!!

So we are back to the days of N20 or I shoot you. Dem suppose don step up to N50 self.

Buhari don come o



Mogidi ecoterrors Make una come see o

Old pa Buhari this is not our problem for now

Pls focus on how to make 1$ equal to 1naira


OMG Boko Haram free access into south east and south south

police? isorai

Where did we wrong President Muhammadu Buhari?

Good move!!!That will stop all those hungry looking soldiers from harassing and embarrassing someone.

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.In a Democratic system of government, Its the police,that is empowered by law,to be solely in charge of internal security, the military is only called in,in a very serious security emergency. However, in our own case,the military has virtually taking over the functions of the police and this not a good development in our nascent democracy. This recent order by Mr.president, is a good development, but i believe that it will be best,if the withdrawal of our military personnel is done gradually because of the current ill equipped State of our police force. If our police is well funded,and equipped, there will not be any internal security challenge that won't be able to handle.I was surprised during the unfortunate Boston bombing in the US that it was the police handled the situation, in contrast to ours here where the military will be immediately deployed.

Dis na serious Gobe ooooo, now d boko guys will have power to move frm one area to other, na just to tip our yeye policemen

police to man check point





I will say
welcome back to those 50naira taxes they collect from vehicles

hmmmm, comment reserved

though I'm a PMB fan, I don't particularly subscribe to the removal of military checkpoints, reason being that I view the police as incapable of maintaining the high level of professionalism deployed by the military in securing lives and properties.... GOD BE WITH US!

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Gbam!!!!

This is true democracy. Not Militocracy.

The old general has a plan.

I hope it includes maiduguri

This is just not good.

I see no sense in it.

I see nothing wrong with military check points in some strategic locations in Nigeria.


We are watching you boy

barcanista:
Where did we wrong President Muhammadu Buhari?

Nigeria beside the NE is not a war zone. Why should it be heavily militarized ?

nice move...seems like work just started

Mogidi food Don serve o.

Wa jeun


I hope they're moving them to the North

PMB is not a novice, he purposely removed military at internal point and want the military to concentrate on the fight against the bokos