Suspected Herdsmen Kidnap Scores At Edo state Train Station, Many Injured

Atiku Abubakar opined the following

The attack on a train station in Igueben LGA of Edo State, during which armed men kidnapped an undetermined number of people, is the latest in a long condemnable line of security breaches previously unseen in our national history.

While we pray, it is important also to point out that this serves as the latest reminder of the urgent need to reform our security architecture to better safeguard the lives and properties of Nigerian citizens.

We can do this by doing the following to mitigates these attacks and other security challenges facing our nation.

1. Amending our constitution to allow for state and community policing as a first line of security.

2. Modify our security apparatus to pay a greater premium to INTELLIGENCE GATHERING and crime prevention than our current reactive approach.

3. Deploy technology toward tracking these terrorists and degrading their existing capacity to attack our people across the country.

4. Apply the diplomatic pressures needed to stem the free flow of light arms and assault weapons across the West African sub-region and our borders. By doing this, we will severely restrict the capacity for terrorists to re-arm themselves to execute attacks.

5. Greatly reducing the numbers of out-of-school children on our streets and improving the economy to create jobs for vast numbers of unemployed Nigerians, thereby reducing the pool from which these terrorists recruit people for their nefarious activities.

I firmly believe that these actions will go a long way towards reducing incidents of insecurity and providing the secure environment needed for economic growth.

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