Former President Goodluck Jonathan has said bullets and other forces of arms alone cannot stop armed robbery, banditry and other forms of criminality in the country.
He said this on Sunday in Abuja, at the 50th birthday reception of a former Corps-Marshal of the Federal Road Safety Commission, (FRSC) and Minister of Aviation, Chief Osita Chidoka. The event followed a Thanksgiving and Communion service.
According to him, tackling crimes and criminology requires top-quality programmes of the government, technology and other tactics.
Jonathan, however, noted that the day Osita was born was the day armed robbers were first publicly shot in Nigeria.
He said while governments were killing armed robbers, others were robbing the pockets in the same arena, and lamented that this is the kind of society that the citizens are in today.
“With the cases of armed robbery and others going on now shows clearly that bullets alone cannot stop it or other criminal activities in human beings.
“It requires top-quality programmes of the government, it requires technology, it requires a lot to stop armed robbery and all forms of crimes, including corruption that we talk about every day”, Jonathan said.
The former president said things are becoming more complex with the introduction of IT that is now ruling the world, thus the need for collective action to stem the tide of criminality.
“The celebration of 50th birthday of Osita shows that he is a special person. So, it is a happy moment for all of us”, he stated.
