If junior police officers overstay in their communities, they become part of the problems in those communities – AIG

A retired Assistant Inspector – General of Police, Alhaji Adisa Bolanta, and ex -President of Ilorin Emirate Descendants Progressive Union, Alhaji Usman Abdulazeez , have disagreed over the posting of police to their local government areas or states .

However, they suggested the adoption of community policing to help boost the fight against the country ’ s security problems.
Bolanta and Abdulazeez spoke at the 21 st annual lecture /dinner organised by Third Estate, a socio- cultural club in Ilorin Emirate , at Kwara Hotel on Sunday.

While Abdulazeez said the police should reintroduce the 1978 model of recruiting and posting of officers to their councils, Bolanta warned against the move .

The ex -police chief, who called for a collaboration between communities and security agencies to have a crime -free society , said posting police to their state of origin was dangerous because of population explosion and technological advancement .

He said, “ If junior police officers overstay in their communities , they become part of the problems in those communities .”

Abdulazeez , a former ambassador, said a collaboration between the people and police helped in reducing the security problems in Ilorin Emirate between 2012 and 2018.

He said, “ Between 2012 and 2018, we faced challenges such as cultism , drug use , thuggery and kidnapping in Ilorin Emirate , but we were able to surmount them and reduced them to the barest minimum through a collaboration between the community and police.

A Senior Advocate of Nigeria, Abdulhakeem Mustapha , said the creation of state police would help resolve the security issues in the country.

Mustapha said adequate punishment should be given to those involved in kidnapping , with their sponsors and those supplying them arms identified and punished.

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