Recent developments across Nigeria, are indicative of a country in a near state of anomy. Some have suggested that the Government should declare a State of Emergency. Others have suggested an urgent need for the National Assembly and State Houses of Assembly, to amend the Constitution and create State Police. Borno, Zamfara, Benue, Plateau, Kwara, Ondo, Oyo, and Imo appear to be the worse hit. How did Nigeria get to this sorry pass? What is the panacea to these myriad of security challenges? THISDAY LAWYER spoke to a cross-section of Lawyers and Public Affairs Analysts on the issue of insecurity. Here are their views and suggestions, on how to surmount the security challenges plaguing Nigeria
Joseph Bodunrin Daudu, SAN – Nigeria’s romance with corruption resulted in these security challenges
Insecurity and the resurgent acts of criminality, that is, terrorism banditry, kidnapping, abductions etc, though on the rise cannot be restricted or isolated to the Bola Tinubu administration. It predates it, and is a direct consequence of Nigeria’s romance with corruption.
By way of example, given the spread of corrupt practices in Nigeria, no security architecture can succeed because of the activities of corrupt persons within the system.
