Former Assistant Inspector General of Police and security intelligence specialist, Chief Tunde Ogunsakin has urged the Federal Government to urgently consider state policing alongside community policing to combat the security challenge the nation is facing adding that the twin policing systems are best measures to deal with the situation.
The ex-AIG who scored President Mohammadu Buhari and the Inspector General of Police, (IGP) high in tackling the security challenges in the country, assured that within a very short time and given FG’s adoption of state policing, insecurity would become a thing of the past.
He made the remarks while attending the fifth edition of a traditional festival tagged ‘Odun Oba’ in Ikere, his hometown and second largest town after the state capital, Ado-Ekiti in Ekiti State.
The festival was a celebration of the town’s monarch, Ogoga of Ikere, Oba Samuel Adu Alagbado and the heritage of the people. It was well attended by the high and low of the town and top government functionaries of Ekiti State including the Speaker of the state’s House of Assembly, Rt Hon Funminiyi Afuye who is an indigene of the town.
While lauding the efforts President Buhari has put into tackling insecurity, Ogunsakin, who holds the traditional title of Bashorun of Ikere, said: “The FG is doing its very best to ensure the safety of lives and property in the country. All the security operatives in the country are on their toes. The IG is equal to the task and doing his best to ensure safety of lives and property.
“We are already going to community policing in the country. I am happy that there will also soon be state policing. State policing ought to have happened yesterday but I am sure the Federal Government will bring it.
The best way to solve the guerrilla war posing security issue in the country is to use state police. So, community policing should come and state police should follow.”
Describing ‘Odun Oba’, he said: “The programme is a celebration of the progress and unity that is in Ikere and I am happy to be part of it. Since the King , Oba Adu Alagbado, Agririlala 11 of Ikere Kingdom came on board , we have been having progress and prosperity.
The Ogoga of Ikere, who appreciated the admirable achievement of the illustrious sons and daughters of the town, urged them to allow unity, peace and progress to reign, he said: “We must eschew hatred and bitterness in our politics. We cannot all be in one party but our goals and objectives for Ikere, our common heritage must be for her progress. Therefore we must keep that in mind regardless of party loyalty. May there be love and peace among us.
“While we commend families who are known for good deeds that have brought glory to Ikere kingdom, do not let your family be known to bring rebuke or shame to Ikere. Guide them to become Professors, Honourables, and achievers and not thugs and Yahoo fraudsters.”
On the allegation that the death of a commercial driver in the town a few days ago was allegedly caused by a procession of Ipekele Ayaba from the Ogoga palace, the monarch, through the Secretary to Ogoga-in-Council, Chief James Ayidele Alonge, debunked the reports, saying that the procession had already concluded its activities under police protection before news frittered in that a certain Okada man was killed.
He therefore urged the law enforcement agents to fish out the real persons behind the killing of the deceased and urged the populace to discountenance the reports that linked the tragic incident to his palace.
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