In the war against organized crime, there should be more synergy between security agencies as well as prompt criminal intelligence-sharing. Government should also adopt a mix of both kinetic and non-kinetic approach for effective and result oriented security management.
Dr. Solomon Arase, a retired Inspector General of Police and Chairman, Police Service Commission (PSC) made this submission while calling for renewed vigor and inclusiveness in the fight against terrorism and insecurity challenges in Nigeria.
He spoke at the International Symposium on countering organized crimes in Africa held in Abuja.
Dr. Arase who was represented by Bar. Brighten Saagwe, Director, Planning, Research and Statistics of the Commission also noted that as a people we must rise and stand firm against those who threaten “the sovereign integrity of the Nigerian State” because no security agency can deliver on its mandate without the support of the people.
According to him; “our will must be strong because our faith lies in the indivisibility of Nigeria”
“For the Security Agencies it has become not only a statutory mandate but a moral imperative to re-enact our old fighting force, re-strategise and redesign our tactics and promptly arrest and contain the growing insecurity challenge in our country” he noted.
He said further “on no account should we shy away from whatever becomes necessary within the ambit of the law to provide the needed security for the citizens.
“Terrorism or crime has no conscience and spares no one, whether rich, poor, educated or uneducated and therefore no matter what it takes, let us stand together and win this war against organized crime and terrorism” he charged.
The PSC Chairman appealed that “the supreme task for our generation is to give hope to the hopeless, strength to the weak and protection to the defenceless.
“Mankind must put an end to organised crime or organized crime will put an end to mankind” and on the ” keyboard of life, let us as a nation always keep a finger on the escape key to survive” he said.
Dr. Arase promised that the Police Service Commission under his watch shall collaborate with other agencies of Government to fight organized crime in Nigeria.
The symposium with theme: Drug Crimes, Terrorism, Arms Trafficking, Marine Crimes, Environmental crime and auto theft was put together by the Centre for Fiscal Transparency and Integrity Watch and other partners.
By Ajibola Adedoye