Security situation in Nigeria to get worse - Ekweremadu

Former Deputy Senate President, Ike Ekweremadu, has said that the security situation in Nigeria would get worse.

He also spoke against the new security policy by the Nigeria Police on community policing by describing it as a distraction.

Describing the Operation Amotekun security outfit launched by the Southwest as a child of circumstance, Ekweremadu stated that it arose as a result of the failure of the Nigerian Police.

Ekweremadu made this known in a Channels TV interview monitored by MyNigeria.com

He said, “I sympathise with Nigerians. I think we are living in denial. The security situation is so bad and the bad news is that it is going to get worse because we are not dealing with it at all.

“Nigeria lives as a federal state. We accepted before independence that is suitable for our circumstance is federalism. Since we accepted federalism, we need to look at others practising federalism.

“In those other places, the way they deal with security is to decentralise it. The idea of forming a federal system of government is that you have accepted that you have so many diversities. To respect those diversities, you have to come into a loose arrangement to do things in a way that is peculiar to the people.

“Community policing is a fraud. It is a total distraction. What they are telling us is that there is a problem between the community and the police itself and they need to address that lack of trust and confidence. That’s what community policing is all about".