Breaking: Buhari Worried About Misuse Of Firearms – Presidency

 

The Presidency has reacted to the increasing demand for the creation of state police to tackle the several security challenges in the country.

Speaking on Channels Television’s Sunrise Daily, the Senior Special Assistant to the President of Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, says President Muhammadu Buhari is concerned about the misuse of weapons.

He argued that many states clamouring for the creation of state police in the country are unable to pay workers’ salaries.

“For President Muhammadu Buhari, his concern had always been the spread and the misuse of weapons in the hands of police.

“He said repeatedly that a lot of states that had clamoured for state police have been unable to cope with the salary payments.

“If you hire a community policeman and give him a gun and keep him for five, six months without salary, what do you expect?” the presidential spokesman said.

Shehu explained that the Federal Government had worked to create a framework in order to guide states with effective policing of communities.

The Senior Special Assistant to the President on Media and Publicity, Garba Shehu, speaks on the security challenges in the country on August 25, 2020.

 

The presidential aide noted that the history of community policing goes back to the First Republic, adding that the native authority police was an instrument by the ruling powers.