Correct Security Arrangement, Not Mercenary Solution To Security Challenges, Olokoba Tells el-Rufai



Against the forgoing, the Nigeria’s Governors’ Forum, as I had said somewhere else, should reach out to Mr President to examine the suggestion about another layer of the country’s security architecture and let him realise the one way police arrangement cannot effectively address the country’s security challenges.

Come to think of it, how can a Sokoto man posted to Ogun State would know the terrain and peculiarities of the culture, tradition and behavioural pattern of the Ogun State residents? If the security apparatus is localised, people within a community know themselves. So when a crime is committed, it would not be difficult for them to trace the perpetrators. If a strange face surfaces within that community, he would be marked out for monitoring. His host or landlord would be asked questions. It would not be a case of running from pillar to post to solve a criminal puzzle after the deed has been done.

A local policeman will understand the language and mannerism of his people and, through training be able to study body languages of every individual within his vicinity. But in a situation where the security officer does not understand the language and culture of a community where he is posted to operate, there will be hindrances here and there that will not allow him to operate effectively.

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