Return soldiers to barracks, send SARS to fight Boko Haram – Group tells Buhari
Initiative" has urged the President Muhammadu Buhari Government to
redeploy the Police to curb terror attacks by Boko Haram and herdsmen
in the country.
NAN reports that the group made the call during a peaceful protest it
held at the entrance to the National Assembly on Tuesday in Abuja.
Specifically, it called for the deployment of State Anti-Robbery Squad
(SARS) personnel and those currently assigned as bodyguards to wealthy
people, to secure the lives and property of the masses.
The Leader, Dr Perry Brimah, a popular social commentator, also called
for the return of military to the barracks, saying they had no
constitutional role replacing the police because the latter were
currently engaged in bodyguard duties.
He urged for immediate decentralisation amendments to create state
police and restore regionalism.
No official of the national assembly was around to address the
protesters as the lawmakers were currently on a three-week recess.
However, policemen were around, monitoring the protest.
Leader of the police team, who declined identity, the police were
ensuring that the protesters maintained peace.
He told NAN that the group was not violent and had been told that
lawmakers were on break.
The protesters carried placards with inscriptions as "Justice is on
its head", "Justice for 33 victims of Offa robbery" and "Stop looting
by Police."
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