The Security Situation Calls for Restructuring of National Security Architecture in Nigeria

By: Douglas Ogbankwa Esq.@ douglasogbankwa@gmail.com


The Security Situation Room has called for an appraisal and restructuring of Nigeria's National Security Architecture saying there is no cooperation or sharing of Information by the different components of State Security.

In a Statement Issued in Owerri on Saturday the 30th of December ,2023 , the Convener of the Security Situation Room-Douglas Ogbankwa Esq., stated thus :

"Despite the huge budget expended on about 17 National Security Outfits that have Intelligence Capabilities , there is no sharing of intelligence among them and Non State Actors who are insurgents have a had a field day during the yuletide slaughtering citizens in Plateau,Edo, Anambra and Imo States among others .The Federal Government of Nigeria has paid lip service to using technology to strengthen the operational capabilities of the Security Agencies in Nigeria .The use of technology does not cost much as the price of life priceless .

The Office of the National Security Adviser , which is the Coordinating Element in Security Operations in Nigeria have remained largely invisible and pedestrian .

The Governors who like gods collect billions yearly as Security Votes with nothing to show for it .The way it is going , everyone has to be armed as the State can not protect its citizens .If Government does not brace up , we may well be heading for a Gangster's Paradise .The Primary Purpose of Government is the protection of lives and properties and any Government that is unable to do this must reevaluate itself .

The Killings in Plateau are particularly gory and unavoidable, if the Security Agencies were sincere. We may be civil , but we are not stupid .The Nigerian Government must wake up to secure its Citizens .The Cult Killings in Benin City,Edo State can be stemed by the use of Local Intelligence and the Leaders of the Security Apparatuses engaging with critical stakeholders.The Killing Of Police Men in Imo State of Nigeria could also have been avoided , ditto for the slaughtering of innocent citizens in Anambra State .

The Business of Government is not the Government of Business, but the Security of business, lives and properties.Goverment must show itself to be the protector of its peoples and their interests.The Killings are therefore unacceptable and the Inspector General of Police and other heads of Security Agencies must move to stem the debauchery and wanton killings in those four flashpoint states and more "