The Senate Minority Leader, Senator Enyinnaya Abaribe has called for thorough investigation on the rising wave of attacks on police formations across the country, especially the ones that happened recently in Imo state.
Abaribe in a statement issued in Abuja on Wednesday, also condemned the frightening surge of violence in the South East, particularly the attack on the Correctional centre in Owerri, the Ebonyi and Enugu states.
He urged the security agencies to dig in and unravel the motives behind the incessant attacks and apprehend the criminal elements to face the full weight of the law.
Senator Abaribe added that the attack on security agencies, particularly on the police, which is the first line of civil defense was unacceptable and stands condemned just as he further expressed worry that the country is fast sliding into total anarchy. He cautioned that time has come when the federal government should rise up and address the poor security situation in the country holistically looking at Nigeria as a nation.
“Time has come for sincerity and nationalistic approach by government to address the myriad of problems besetting the country, especially insecurity and poor management of the country’s diversity.
“The time for knee jerk approach and fixed mindset in investigation of criminal attacks by the security agencies has gone.
“It is not enough to be driven by a certain mindset, which has the tendency of foreclosing other probable leads and motives during investigations of very serious crimes like the ones we are currently experiencing.
“This time calls for deeper introspection and painstaking investigation by the relevant security agencies, so that we nip these dangerous dimensions in the bud, if the country must be rescued from falling off the cliff,” he said.
Senator Abaribe however condoled with the police and other security agencies that have come under attack recently.
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