Wilson Inalegwu, former assistant inspector-general of
police, says the southern governors should have condemned the attacks on
security agencies during their meeting in Asaba, Delta state capital, on
Tuesday.
Governors of the 17 southern states had held a meeting to
discuss the state of the nation.
Following the meeting, they demanded that President
Muhammadu Buhari should be fairer in political appointments, convene a national
dialogue, accept the establishment of state police, and support willing states
to develop an alternative and modern livestock management system, among other
things.
Inalegwu, in reaction, said the governors should have also
addressed the attacks on police stations and killing of officers across the
country, given that most of the incidents have been in south-east and
south-south states.
The former AIG spoke on Sunrise Daily, a Channels Television
programme, on Wednesday.
“The meeting that took place yesterday, the communique
should have been a strong condemnation of attacks on security forces in the
south-south and south-east and any other place for that matter,” he said.
“Because these are officers who are working to keep our
communities safe but the communique was silent on that, when these numbers of
governor come to meet, they should have addressed the issue, saying we’re not
going to allow those who defend our communities, those who prevent crimes in
our communities to be discouraged, to be killed. That, I think, should have
happen.
“These are officers
that are traumatised. They are first respondents in various incidents, whether
medical, whether social.
“Also, the numbers of officers killed is significant enough
to draw the attention of their excellences, that in that meeting, they have got
to comment on it and condemn it in strong terms.”
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