PDP advises Buhari, lists state police, technology, others to tackle insecurity

The Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) has offered to help the President Muhammadu Buhari administration tackle insecurity and other challenges facing Nigeria.

National Chairman of the party, Prince Uche Secondus, made the offer during a world press conference organised by the PDP, in Abuja, on Monday.

Secondus, who said the country is better together, said his party will work in concert with the ruling APC to rescue the nation from all the avoidable “perilous circumstances”.

He proposed the establishment of state police and setting up of border patrol squads outside immigration and customs to check the influx of armed criminal gangs

He said, “In spite of the concerns over state police, it is doubtful that 36 state police services can be easily overwhelmed, as is the case now with the unitary police. Besides, any challenges can be addressed through legislative framework to make abuse extremely difficult, if not impossible.

“We also call for the deployment of technology in the fight against terror, banditry, and other crimes. The PDP demands that all culprits should be brought to book. The apparent failure of intelligence to track attacks by bandits and follow up on them is a clear failure of the intelligence community.

“The Nigerian Communications Satellite Limited NIGCOMSAT, established many years ago by a PDP administration, is designed for this purpose and others. States where matters of national security challenges originate or exist should be invited to the National Security Council Meeting for deliberation and problem-solving interactions.

“We call for the creation of national borders protection force to secure our borders. This will include an integrated border protection system that will draw personnel and equipment from existing armed service and Immigration.

“We cannot continue to watch while terrorists and bandits continue to levy war on our nation, through our porous borders. This borders force should be equipped with reconnaissance, intelligence gathering, prevention, and enforcement. It should therefore have air, sea and land capability.”