The Deputy Senate president, Ike Ekweremadu has said the Nigerian government does not have enough manpower to fatal clashes in the country, noting that the prevailing insecurity in the country has become an ‘international embarrassment’.

“The fact is, the Federal Government does not have enough manpower to fight these attacks,” he said during the Senate plenary on Tuesday. “This is unfortunate.”

He said the establishment of state police may effectively tackle insecurity in the country.


“I want to thank SP, Bukola Saraki and ask for provision to be made for State Police. We have to come up with initiatives to deal with this”, he said.

“Each state of this Federation needs to have sufficient number of police available to tackle this issue as it has become an international embarrassment.”

Meanwhile, the Senate President, Dr. Abubakar Bukola Saraki, had earlier urged all government structures to shun all political differences and to make the security and welfare of Nigerians a top priority.

The Senate president also pledged to ensure peace nationwide by equipping law enforcement agents to effectively tackle the prevailing insecurity in the country.

The recent clashes between cattle farmers and herders have put pressure on President Muhammadu Buhari to stop the violence, as he works to secure a second term in the 2019 presidential polls.

It would be recalled that the Police Command in Plateau on June 24, 2018 confirmed the killing of 86 people in attacks on Razat, Ruku, Nyarr, Kura and Gana-Ropp villages of Gashish District in Barkin Ladi Local Government Area of the state.

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I just don't know how a country bedeviled by this level of destruction of life and property will be moving against state police.

Jus imagine d kind of hopeless comments dats coming from our supposed leaders... Isnt it d duty of d FG to ensure d protection of lives and properties? If they lack manpower, way are dey waiting for to invest in d required manpower development? Danjuma wasn't wrong after all wen he asked Nigerians to defend themselves...

Rubbish

Who is federal government let me know where to channel my question and why do we have shortage of manpower in a country of 190m people? Oh because our youths are lazy? Nonsense

Let the FG sign the peace corps.

How will the police be proactive when there is a transmission igp that is partisan and asslicks the executive.
Simply put the security architecture is the wrong hands,they are only good at intimidating the masses and unharmed protesters.

They don't have manpower to curtail terrorism but they hsve manower to make python dance and crocodile smile.