FG Is Not Doing The Right Things To Tackle Our Security Issues – Ike Ekweremadu

Ex-Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu has come out to say that the security situation in Nigeria will be worse since the Federal Government is not dealing with the problem at all.

Ike Ekweremadu has come out to say that he sympathizes with the citizens because things could be worse than it already is in the nearest future.

According to him, the South-West security outfit, Amotekun, is a child of crisis and the governors of the region simply reunited because FG is not working even if he still believes community policing is a fraud.

He added that he feels the government is living in denial and not doing the right things to tackle the security issues.

His words, “I sympathise with Nigerians. I think we are living in denial. The security situation is so bad and the bad news is that it is going to get worse because we are not dealing with it at all.

“Nigeria lives as a federal state. We accepted before independence that what is suitable for our circumstance is federalism. Since we accepted federalism, we need to look at others practising federalism.

“In those other places, the way they deal with security is to decentralise it. The idea of forming a federal system of government is that you have accepted that you have so many diversities. To respect those diversities, you have to come into a loose arrangement to do things in a way that is peculiar to the people.

“Community policing is a fraud. It is a total distraction. What they are telling us is that there is a problem between the community and the police itself and they need to address that lack of trust and confidence. That’s what community policing is all about.

“If you have a federal system, you have a complete architecture that can deal with situations in a complex manner.

“The Inspector-General came to us and told us they are going to get volunteers who will be giving police information, find out what their challenges are, why do they not trust the police, to build their confidence. That’s what they are saying but our people don’t seem to get it.

“Amotekun is a child of circumstance. Unfortunately, the federal police we have now is not working. That’s why they came together to say let us have a security outfit to deal with our problems.

“Amotekun is different from what the federal government is saying about community policing. They have personnel who are going to deal with issues unlike what the federal government is proposing.”