‘Government Should Stop Reinforcing Bad Behaviour’, Ex-CP Ojukwu Faults Negotiations With Bandits

Retired Commissioner of Police and information consultant, Emmanuel Ojukwu, has criticised ongoing negotiations betwixt immoderate authorities governments and bandit groups, informing that specified bid deals were unsustainable and whitethorn further embolden criminals.

Ojukwu, who spoke connected Monday nighttime connected Channels Television, was reacting to reports that authorities officials reached statement with equipped groups terrorising agrarian communities.

According to the presumption of the dialogue, the bandits agreed to halt killings and merchandise abducted villagers successful speech for escaped question and entree to section markets.

Some of the astir notorious pack leaders reportedly attended the meetings armed.

Dismissing the arrangement, Ojukwu argued that the motive of the bandits goes beyond grievances to a quest for “money and power.”

“It cannot beryllium sustained due to the fact that the motive of the bandits is wealth and power. They privation to amusement that they tin situation wherever angels fearfulness to tread, and that they tin subdue government. They support getting much and much wealth and doing virtually thing with it. When you support pandering to their wishes, trying to beg them, you are lone reinforcing atrocious behaviour,” helium said.

The one-time constabulary spokesperson noted that portion information forces person deployed boots connected the ground, the lack of wide dividends has near communities successful confusion.

He lamented that galore of the criminals person present been integrated into agrarian societies.

“The beingness these terrorists person successful communities is disturbing. They stock portion of the bargains, unrecorded wrong the people, and are adjacent fixed titles and pridefulness of place. Over time, this abnormality has go normal. In immoderate areas, if there’s nary banditry, radical deliberation thing is wrong,” Ojukwu added.

Calling for a “holistic approach” to tackling insecurity, Ojukwu urged authorities to chopped disconnected the lifelines sustaining the transgression networks and show stronger resolve.

“We indispensable region the victims, halt oxygen from getting to these people, and amusement that authorities has the teeth to bite—and to wound forcefully,” helium warned.

He added, “We cannot support reinforcing bad behaviours.”