Atiku Abubakar, the PDP presidential candidate has condemned the attack on Edo train station, stressing that, he will implement community and state policing if elected.
In a series of tweets on Sunday, the former Vice President of Nigeria explained that there is a need to revamp Nigeria’s security architecture.
“The attack on a train station in Igueben LGA of Edo State, during which armed men kidnapped an undetermined number of people, is the latest in a long condemnable line of security breaches previously unseen in our national history,” Atiku said.
“The thoughts of my family, and I are with the abducted and their families as we pray for their safe return.
Atiku noted that, “While we pray, it is important also to point out that this serves as the latest reminder of the urgent need to reform our security architecture to better safeguard the lives and properties of Nigerian citizens.
“We can do this by doing the following: amending our constitution to allow for state and community policing as a first line of security.
“Modify our security apparatus to pay a greater premium to intelligence gathering and crime prevention than our current reactive approach. It is unacceptable for terrorists to plan attacks of this nature, mobilise arms and ammunition, secure funding and move large numbers of people across large spaces without detection by security agencies.
“Deploy technology toward tracking these terrorists and degrading their existing capacity to attack our people across the country.
“Apply the diplomatic pressures needed to stem the free flow of light arms and assault weapons across the West African sub-region and our borders. By doing this, we will severely restrict the capacity for terrorists to re-arm themselves to execute attacks,” Atiku said.
