By Mike ALADENIKA.
There is no doubting the fact that Nigeria is currently facing a serious Security challenge which, many say, is an unconventional warfare which also demands multifarious approach in solving.
To Edo state government, resent upsurge in criminality in the state does not demand a physical pursuing of criminals with guns, bows and arrows round the street but a concerted effort with sufficient intelligence that would permanently put criminals at Bay.
YUSUF HARUNA, a retired Chief Superintendent of Police is the Security Adviser to Governor Godwin Obaseki, while in an interview with SPARKNEWSNAIJA in Benin City said "the state government having laid the needed foundation for a new and working state would not allow criminals to disturb the working of the people and government of Edo"
"We are aware that criminals are unrepentant, but we are also miles ahead of them in their trade. We have been able to strategically map out the entire state on a 'street-by-street' basis which will expose all our streets for security checks".
"This is where our new 'Edo State Joint Security Vigilante Network' comes handy. The ideas is to make people in the neighborhood police, secure and provide information about strange happenings in their neighborhood to government Security agencies."
Csp Yusuf Haruna,(rtd) said " criminals are no ghost, they live amongst us, we see them and we know them, but in most cases neighbors are scared to challenge the activities of such people. That is why the government has decided to team up with the existing community vigilantes in Edo state, give them direction, provide logistics and other things that will make them function effectively in checking crimes and criminality in the state."
According to the Security Adviser to the governor, "the already functioning WABAIZIGAN security outfit are better positioned now to respond to emergencies than before as members of the team are on life assurance policy, better kitted and mobile. They are doing their police work as well as providing backup to the vigilante Security network when the need arises"
"See, Governor Godwin Obaseki is, with due respect, kilometers ahead of his contemporaries. He is the first to tap into the police constabulary scheme of the police force which is designed to function as community police. They were recruited from and to serve in their immediate communities".
Csp Haruna(rtd) said "the members of the constabulary scheme were trained by the police on community policing and further trained by the Directorate of State Security (DSS) on intelligence gathering. Now check, how many people are on the vigilante scheme, how many people are on the police constabulary, how many officers in the Nigerian police, Army, DSS, Civil Defense Corp serving Edo State and are well coordinated in a 'bottom-up' approach to provide security in the state? Do you know?"
"The icing on this security cake will be for everybody living in Edo state to be on the same page with the government by providing information on any strange movement observed in your neighborhood to your immediate vigilante or to any security agency close to you. We must do it together"
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