Insecurity: The case has gotten over the issue of community police. It is now state police –Obasanjo

Former President Olusegun Obasanjo has reiterated the need for state police to help combat the country’s growing insecurity.

In a statement, Obasanjo’s Special Assistant on Media, Kehinde Akinyemi, cited the former president as saying this during a courtesy visit to him in Abeokuta on Wednesday by the leadership of the National Association of Ex-Local Government Chairmen in Nigeria. prioritized over community policing.

He said that during his era, the tiers of government were all active but are all gone now

He expressed confidence over the need for state police which will inturn birth community policing.

He said, “Our situation in Nigeria concerns everyone, particularly, the case of terrorism. The case has gotten over the issue of community police. It is now state police. It is from that state police that we can now be talking about community police.

“I prepared during the popular Murtala/Obasanjo administration, because I believe that there is need to enable that tier of government to work truly as a local government. They have their own Executive, Judiciary and Legislature.

“They were working and they were very visible, building and managing roads, looking into education, health, local administration, agriculture, but they are all gone.”