Adetokunbo Kayode, a former minister of defence, says the attacks on police officers can be averted through community policing.
Speaking at a media briefing on Sunday at his country home in Ikaram Akoko, Ondo state, Kayode said the federal government needs to adopt community policing to address the security challenges in the country.
“Let’s change the template — take a decision. We must have this community policing, and we can call it any name. For instance, all the police officers I have met who have been very nice, very kind, who have provided security for us are all from the north,” he said. “And you see the first law of intelligence is information is being able to hear, to understand. That has to be changed. All state commissioners of police should be posted to their regions for starters.
He also advised the government to recruit more personnel into the armed forces, noting that the military is overstretched by the challenges facing the country.“The military is already over-tasked and they are short-staffed. We know this and government knows this. I knew this when I was there and I tried in my own way to suggest how this should be done. Let us democratise recruitment into Nigerian military service,” he said.
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