Herdsmen killings: Wike tells Buhari what to do

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, has advised the President
Muhammadu Buhari-led government on the best way to end the incessant
killings going on across the country.

Wike called on the government to decentralize the security
architecture in the country.

The Governor said the country would be secured if the governors were
allowed to control the security of their states.

He noted that the "centralization of the police has not favoured the
country's security."

According to him, "For us in Rivers State, our position on state and
community policing is very clear.

"While we join our voices to other well-meaning Nigerians to strongly
and emphatically demand for the decentralization and depoliticization
of security services, we are also not resting on the back of
helplessness to do nothing.

"The reality before the nation is that centralized policing has flatly
failed and is incapable of resolving the enormous security challenges
of a vast and culturally diverse country like Nigeria.

"And even as we may continue to live in denial, the recurring
bloodbaths in Benue, Taraba and other states have, once again, exposed
the weaknesses of our country's centralized policing system as well as
the frustrations and near complete helplessness of state governors in
their quest to provide adequate security for the communities and the
people that they govern."