Insecurity: Gani Adams asks Tinubu to decentralise Nigeria’s security system

The Aare Onakakanfo of Yorubaland and National Co-ordinator of Oodua People’s Congress (OPC), Iba Gani Adams, has called on President Bola Tinubu to decentralise Nigeria’s security architecture to address challenges.

Adams made the call in a statement issued by his Special Assistant on Media, Mr Olawunmi Ojo, in Lagos, while reacting to the recent killings in Benue, Plateau and other parts of the country.

He condemned the killings in Benue, saying “Recurring killings have now gotten to a stage that demand sustained and multifaceted responses from the Federal Government to restore peace, protect citizens, and promote reconciliation and development in the troubled areas. I have been at fore of the clamour for restructuring of Nigeria and part of the content of restructuring is the decentralisation of Nigerian security architecture. If the Federal Government does not decentralise the security architecture of the country, no amount of prayers would save us from the unnecessary embarrassment of insecurity.

“The time for a decentralised security system that would allow for federal, state and local government police, is now.This is the only way to stop such mindless killings going on in Benue, and other such places, where lives are taken out mindlessly by non-state actors and other marauders”.

Adams urged government to always act on intelligence reports in order to tame the activities of criminals and terrorists in different parts of the country.

According to him, several communities in the South West are also battling with a number of security threats such as kidnapping and murderous activities of criminal herders .

He said that his office had written to state governments in the region on the need for synergy with the Southwest Security Stakeholders Group, which he leads