By Bimbo Ogunnaike
Nigerians resident in the United States of America, under the aegis of Nigeria Coalition for Change (NCC), have urged Federal Government not to stop joint security network christened operation Amotekun in the South West
He described Amotekun as a product of critical innovative thinking that must be commended and supported by all right-thinking Nigerians, rather than thwarting it.
“The killings, kidnappings and banditry in the southwest region were responsible for the formation of Operation Amotekun and this fact must be accepted by those that are opposed to its consummation.
“As sophisticated as the USA, China and Britain, they still rely on community policing, let alone Nigeria that is backward in this regard.
“The issue of community policing system is an issue that must not be politicised . It must be embraced by everyone and we expected the federal government to advise other zones to key into this policy to make Nigeria safe for investors”, he added.
Also, a Chieftain of the All Progressives Congress(APC), Dr. Olusegun Osinkolu, said no highly populated country like Nigeria would rely solely on its conventional security architecture to guarantee the protection of its citizens, saying community policing is gaining traction globally and that the country must key into this.
“It should neither be used to oppress political opponents nor fight ethnic battle because such will automatically create panic in the system and make Nigerians further regret its establishment”, he warned.
Osinkolu, who was the Director-General of the Buhari/Osinbajo campaign council in Ekiti State in the 2019 presidential election, added that the issue of community policing has gone global and nothing can impede the traction it was gaining.
In a statement on Wednesday, the APC Chieftain stated that only an inept governor would fold his arms and allow his citizens to be mowed down by marauders.
“Only a governor that has no intention to add value to his people will watch helplessly how the people were being kidnapped, killed and maimed in the southwest. People are gradually abandoning farming that engages over 70 per cent of the population, both old and young are being neglected owing to destruction in the hands of herders.
