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Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by WisdomFlakes: 7:25pm On Jan 19, 2020
Former Vice President, Atiku Abubakar, has thrown his weight behind the setting up of community, state and zonal policing to complement federal policing.

In a statement on Sunday by his media adviser, Paul Ibe, the ex-Vice President emphasised that the primary responsibility of government at all levels is the protection of lives and property of the citizens, as enshrined in the constitution.

Atiku’s statement is coming on the heels of controversy over the setting up of a joint security outfit, Amotekun, by governors of the six states in the Southwest.

“In carrying out this function, the state employs different layers of measures to ensure effective and efficient policing. It is without doubt that in the past decade particularly, the current policing administration in our dear country had been stretched to its limits and it is obvious that the reality of our domestic security upheaval will demand of us to recalibrate our police systems.

“In the First Republic, before we gravitated too much to the centre, policing was done federally with each native authority and region having some mechanisms to deal with little upsets that were the security concerns of those times.

“In the present day Nigeria, there is hardly any state of the federation that does not contend with some type of security challenges.

“Because our security challenges are diverse in forms and impacts, it is thus incumbent that centrally controlled police architecture cannot exclusively deal with those challenges.

Consequently, there is need for the creation of additional policing structures in the country to address the rapidly growing challenges of insecurity and crime”, Atiku said.

According to him, the time is ripe to seriously confront the reality of insecurity in the country by addressing the urgency of introducing state police, zonal police and community policing to complement the efforts of the current federal police.

He added that it’s obvious that current levels of insecurity in the country are giving rise to major initiatives such as Amotekun and the issue need not be controversial in the first place.

Atiku argued that the police are likely to be more effective if they constantly operate in the same local community or local government because such closeness might create a bond with the local people, thereby enabling community cooperation and participation that would engender proactive outcomes in crime prevention.

Continuing, he said, “Nigeria is a vast country facing enormous security challenges and, therefore, there is the urgent need to create more security structures at the local levels to reduce the burden on the federal police.

“The issue of security shouldn’t be politicised and monopolised in the face of our current alarming security challenges characterised by the fear of even travelling on our highways by the citizens who might be intercepted by kidnappers and taken hostage for ransom.

“Local policing shouldn’t be mistaken for an effort to hijack the role of the federal police or a competition with the federal government.

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“The obvious inadequacies of the federal police to effectively deal with these rapidly growing security challenges make local policing not only desirable, but also necessary.

“The police are more likely to be effective in areas where they are well known and trusted by the local communities who in turn are willing to share information about known criminals and criminal activities, thereby foiling those crimes before they are even carried out.

“It is a given perception that when people have a role in their own security, they are going to help to defeat the criminal in their tracks and that the more they are involved, the more likely they would perceive the police as their friends”.

Atiku however canvassed a reduction of states and local governments to peripheral players in security matters in the envisaged new policing order.

He stated further that when local police structures are closest to the grassroots, emergency response will be more effective than the current unwieldy chain of command that renders local government chairmen ineffective when their people are under attacks.

“As a matter of fact, it is refusing to adopt new ways of doing things that poses a threat to the unity of the country. It has never been this bad to the extent of threatening the unity of the country”, he added.

https://thenationonlineng.net/amotekun-atiku-backs-community-state-zonal-policing/

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Nobody: 7:30pm On Jan 19, 2020
This man just spoke the mind of Nigerians

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by 9jii(m): 7:31pm On Jan 19, 2020
In d North if to say for long we come up with security outfit like Amotekun, we ll not be having Fulani gunmen kidnapping issues today.
This operation is commendable to every right thinking Nigeria.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by SLAP44: 7:37pm On Jan 19, 2020
seunmsg:
Community and state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk.
grin

Or the time to admit you were scammed with cheap promises grin

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by successking401(m): 7:38pm On Jan 19, 2020
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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Racoon(m): 7:38pm On Jan 19, 2020
Well said sir.Meanwhile, the end of all these is that the FG /state government have failed woefully in providing security yet the FG failed to declear a national emergency on this important segment of our national life.

This is because all heads of our military and paramilitary security agencies are mostly headed by incompetent & complicit core hausa-fulani muslims who are not ready to compromised their privileged positions bequeathed to them by their revolving musical chair military coup merchant kindreds since the post July-1966 Nigeria.

So others region including the North Central(Middle Belt-formerly of the famed "Monolithic North" ) are no more seen as stakeholders in the Nigerian state hence the various agitations by the political power blocks for self actualization.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by seunmsg(m): 7:40pm On Jan 19, 2020
Community and state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk. The president must resist all political and tribal considerations and support the effort of south western states to protect lives and properties. Insecurity is the biggest threat to national unity and this must be dealt with through collaboration between all tiers of government.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by viyon02: 7:41pm On Jan 19, 2020
My people, you can see the difference between a lettered fellow and NEPA bill certificate fellow.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by WisdomFlakes: 7:46pm On Jan 19, 2020
seunmsg:
Community and state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk. The president must resist all political and tribal consideration and support the effort of south western states to protect lives and properties. I

Sadly, I don't think APC ever will under Bubu because he comes from a conservative strain/stock of the Northern establishment. Atiku is apparently more pro-federalism than Buhari will ever be. undecided

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Racoon(m): 7:50pm On Jan 19, 2020
seunmsg:
Community & state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk. The president must resist all political and tribal considerations & support the effort of south western states to protect lives and properties.

Insecurity is the biggest threat to national unity and this must be dealt with through collaboration between all tiers of government

After how,many years? Even the restructuring question that was among the most noised manifesto have long been dump in the political dustbin of the failed and denied promises of the APC regime.

When he was shouting that BH have been technically defeated? Fulanis have killed with utter impunity yet he refused to declared them the terrorists that they rightly are.So who is fooling who?

The man on seat today will do nada to improve any security because all his actions since inception shows that he is on a mission.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by CharlotteFlair: 7:51pm On Jan 19, 2020
seunmsg:
Community and state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk. The president must resist all political and tribal considerations and support the effort of south western states to protect lives and properties. Insecurity is the biggest threat to national unity and this must be dealt with through collaboration between all tiers of government.
Won't you abuse the man?

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by CharlotteFlair: 7:54pm On Jan 19, 2020
This is how an intelligent man talks. Nothing confrontational. Right choice of words.

I have no doubt buhari would give his position too, in front of international audience of course, and you can expect the worse.

BTW, this Amotoekun issue could be a low hanging political fruit for PDP as a party irrespective of which tribe flies their ticket next.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Nobody: 8:57pm On Jan 19, 2020
I still wonder why so many cows are crying and afraid of a bunch of leopards. Should a cow be afraid of a leopard as big as the cow is?

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by MANNABBQGRILLS: 9:27pm On Jan 19, 2020
Lol cheesy

Atiku can now open his mouth to talk on this issue also.
Same thing he and his Oga never did for all the wasted and years of looting they were in power.
The era when the most popular song in Nigeria was Nigeria jagajaga!

A period that a sitting vice president has the company that import the largest numbers of generators in different shapes and sizes,
How will they ever want us to have electricity?
Why won't they want us to remain in perpetual darkness!

A nation that the same vice president and the sitting president both floated 2 private universities for themselves while the Federal and State universities were on endless strikes!

universities that they are still operating up till this present day!
There was a nation!
If only our Democracy started with a Man like Our darling Daddy, President Muhammadu Buhari......If and only If!

Supporters of evil and corrupt politicians you can now start quoting...
You have the floor now.............


budaatum:

Trust Atiku to support anything that destabilises the country so that he can loot with impunity. And those "Supporters of evil and corrupt politicians", think we are all too stupid to understand their evil plans!

They should dream on about their amotekun because that's the only place they'll get it.
Don't mind these criminals.
They are nothing but hypocrites.
One step ahead we are!
No to corruption in our land again.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by TallPck1(m): 9:27pm On Jan 19, 2020
Oh I know Atiku would definitely support the south west on this because he is against this government.

We are still waiting for .........



I didn't mention anybody ooo!

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Built2last: 9:27pm On Jan 19, 2020
Atiku has always maintained that the police at the centre cant police Nigeria effectively

Not surprised

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Guestuser: 9:28pm On Jan 19, 2020
Lmao
This one is looking for sympathy

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by bukkielee(m): 9:29pm On Jan 19, 2020
This one wants to take advantage of the propaganda.

Continue deceiving ya self

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by AntiWailer: 9:30pm On Jan 19, 2020
Osheyyy

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by CutieKing: 9:30pm On Jan 19, 2020
Amotekun is not constitutional...you cant have another security outfit in a country with one central security set up.
These governors are not well advised...they should have pressured their representatives in the national assembly to pass laws that allows state policing.
I see this getting to the supreme court which am sure they would lose.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Kennitrust(m): 9:30pm On Jan 19, 2020
Our mumum don do truly.

Now, the Northerners will give us our respect if we insist on this operation.

Let grow beyond the level of letting north detect to us how we should live our life in our own land.




#OURMUMUMDONDO

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Leo3333: 9:30pm On Jan 19, 2020
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seunmsg:
Community and state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk. The president must resist all political and tribal considerations and support the effort of south western states to protect lives and properties. Insecurity is the biggest threat to national unity and this must be dealt with through collaboration between all tiers of government.
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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Ayoswit(f): 9:32pm On Jan 19, 2020
Atiku is indeed an intelligent man and a real democrat.

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by Leo3333: 9:32pm On Jan 19, 2020
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post=85940339:
Lol cheesy

Atiku can now open his mouth to talk on this issue also.
Same thing he and his Oga never did for all the wasted and years of looting they were in power.
The era when the most popular song in Nigeria was Nigeria jagajaga!

A period when a sitting president and vice President.....
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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by chozzy: 9:33pm On Jan 19, 2020
Yep
Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by CutieKing: 9:33pm On Jan 19, 2020
seunmsg:
Community and state policing featured prominently in APC manifesto. This is the time to walk the talk. The president must resist all political and tribal considerations and support the effort of south western states to protect lives and properties. Insecurity is the biggest threat to national unity and this must be dealt with through collaboration between all tiers of government.
...

Nobody is against community or state policing but there must be laws that establishes it and it's only the national assembly that can pass that laws.
Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by franchasng: 9:34pm On Jan 19, 2020
The real President of Nigeria robbed by Nigeria's deadliest unarmed robbery squad called Supreme Court angry

Emeka Ihedioha's foolish judgment by the APC hijacked Supreme Court further exposed the reason why Buhari ensured former Nigeria's CJN Onnoghen was toppled and hastely removed and replaced with a Sharia loyalist

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Re: Amotekun: Atiku Backs Community, State, Zonal Policing by TheMostComplex1: 9:34pm On Jan 19, 2020
I don't know what to say

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