The Nigeria police from every indication does not have laid down protocols and rules that can appropriately fish out born leaders neither does it organise specific leadership conferences. Unfortunately, what we have are man made leaders either due to personal interest or other pecuniary interest. Despite these institutional challenges and hurdles, there are leaders with inborn leadership traits. They are like the northern stars which cannot be covered. Mohammed Dhairu Abubakar, Alia’s Aka “MD” has been described as an officer with a Midas touch in whatever he plans to do. He was the lnspector General of police who brought to limelight many police sporting officers. Before his appointment as the lGP he was a member of the Nigeria football federation. His visionary instinct brought about the change of the police uniform and became the first lGP to be adorned with the glamorous and fanciful warlike camouflage police uniform. His visionary leadership qualities made him an exceptional and friendly police officer of note. By understanding the precarious situation of the country, MD Abubakar established a friendly bond with an important sister security organization, the DSS: by paying an official visit to the agency. Sequel to the visitation, he upgraded the intelligence unit of the police by appointing an Assistant lnspector General of police, in the person of Solomon Arase, A fine and approachable intelligent officer to head the new department.
The success Arase achieved at the lntelligence department further exposed the leadership qualities in him. it was therefore not a hard assignment for the president to appoint him as lnspector General of police. A core human right police officer whose philosophy is to lead a police that would serve the people and not the other way round. He raised the human right level of the police to an internationally recognized level and received the United Nation and European Union awards. According to Mr Femi Adesina, spokesman of President Muhammadu Buhari, he said that , Buhari sees , “Arase stands out as a fine gentleman police officer” No wonder, he was easily favoured for the assignment as the Chairman of the Police Service Commission.
The wealth of experience deposited among the trio of Mike Okiro, MD Abubakar and Solomon Arase, in tackling cases of criminality cannot be over emphasized. In other countries, such personalities are usually recalled to tap their expertise in these days of insecurity, such is described as patriotic service to their country. Afterall, either their state governments or the federal government can still extent hands of service to them as the insecurity issues they curbed during their tenure are presently resurfacing. Okiro’s expertises and Abubakar and Arase deep understanding of grassroots intelligence are great security assets to the country and should not be over looked. From every indication, the country is in a fix. Insecurity is gradually resurfacing and it looks like this is testing time for all the newly appointed service chiefs including all the newly promoted security officers. It is a known fact that the test of the pudding is in the eating. Nigerians want a peaceful and crimeless society.
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Imo State: Is the road passable.?.
Each of the thirty six states portray very significant attributes that marks them as very unique and outstanding in nature. Some, it is their culture and traditions that are their remarkable feature. You don’t need to be told that lmo state, especially Owerri, the state capital is like honey which after tasting its sweetness, would so mesmerise the licker to the point of resolving to go back visiting again and again. Infact Imo is that image you sighted on the mirror and stay glued looking in the sweat of happiness and joy. Unfortunately, the story has changed.
Although much efforts to rid the state of hooligans, ruffians and porpoted “ Unknown gun men” took over some parts of the state unleashing terror and mayhem in different dimensions, thereby killing and maiming innocent lmolites. It is necessary to understand the nitty gritty of the explosive insecurity in the state. Afterall, the presumed leader of the independent people of Biafra (IPOB) is a son of Abia State. However, the heinous activities of the group in Abia, Imo, Ebonyi, Enugu and Anambra States started resonating and drew the attention of both the federal government and the world, when criminality was associated with their activities. Unfortunately previous state governors looked the other way leaving the federal government to take full control by deploying the military who introduced the operation “ python dance” which consumed many of the youths. At that particular time, the road to lmo state was impassable, The road to lmo state was taken over by “soldier pythons” and the police. The roads from Imo to Abia were flooded by these security personels who were armed to their teeth. Interestingly, the election swept away the previous government and the people want their road to be passable once again so they picked the man called Uzodimma literally translated “the road is passable”. So, they voted Mr Hope Uzodimma into office as the governor. After over fourty months in office. Observers are asking if the road to and through lmo state is currently passable. Can people close their eyes and pass through the once turbulent state?
Security observers are quick to explain that the interference of politicians into security space help to excercebate the insecurity situation in their states. It is believed that the unquestioned security vote is part of the problem. It is argued that, had state governors imbibe the popular advocacy for state police, and vigorously pursued its implementation, the security situation would have been an issue of the past. It is rather disappointing to note that the same advocate of state police, who is today the president seems he has suddenly jestitioned the idea. State police system is the solution to insecurity in all the states across the country. When state policing system is introduced, state governors can then solicit for expert opinions in their various states to curb insecurity. Indeed, state policing is the most practicable security solution begging for adaptation. Across the globe, it has been established that every modern progressive countries have adopted this modern security system. Infact , it is generally argued that one major reason why the federal government is dragging its foot in establishing the state police system policy is because they want to continue the sharing of security vote among state governors which has an underlying corruption trait. However, The commendable efforts of the Imo government in attracting the former President Muhammadu Buhari, the former Inspector General of Police Baba Usman and jointly planning with the Nigerian police to organise a security summit later in the year is an important effort that one can easily conclude that the road to Imo state is passable.