The Vice President, Prof Yemi Osinbajo has reacted to the
killing of 43 farmers in their rice farm in Borno State at the weekend.
Osinbajo said that the Buhari administration will not relent
but will do all it takes, including putting news ideas on the table to secure
the country.
According to his Spokesman, Laolu Akande, the Vice President
addressed reporters in Lafia, Nasarawa State where he is on a one-day official
visit.
“I spoke to the Governor, Governor Babagana Zulum and the former Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima to express my condolence, but more importantly, to try and think through ways of dealing with this kind of random attacks ” Osinbajo said.
“It’s important to understand also that we will probably
need to keep reviewing the conventional means of dealing with some of these
issues, these security challenges, especially the randomness.
“Which is why the President has said that he is taking a
serious look at how to deal with the issues, especially the randomness: some
insane person goes into a place and shoots people, that is not the sort of
thing that you are prepared for conventionally.
“We have to do a lot more local intelligence and some of the
community policing efforts we are planning on, so that information is supplied
faster, especially at the local level and then a reaction will then be
possible.
“It is a major tragedy; it’s a very unfortunate thing and
our hearts are with the family of those who were killed in such a terrible
manner.
“We are very confident and the Federal Government will
continue to do what it needs to do especially in terms of trying to ensure
security in the Northeast and all over Nigeria.
“You’ve heard the President and what he has to say,
especially some of the new ideas around security and the security architecture
which we are trying to put in place. We will get there.”
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