Vice-President Yemi Osinbajo, yesterday, commended the approach deployed by his boss, President Muhammadu Buhari, in the fight against insecurity in the country, saying that he has done well.
The VP spoke in Awka, the Anambra State capital, during his consultation meeting with the leaders of the All Progressives Congress, (APC), in the State concerning his 2023 presidential ambition.
According to Osinbajo, Buhari had held more security council meetings than his predecessors adding that the President had procured security gadgets for the nation’s armed forces to enable them to fight terrorism and other violent crimes to a standstill.
Prof. Osinbajo, however, said that more is needed to be done to contain the growing level of insecurity across the nation, adding that the country would need to recruit more people into the armed forces and procure more security gadgets.
He further said, “We are also considering acquiring Armoured Personnel Carriers (APCs). Security is central in everything we are doing in this government; because without security…but I believe that every government has its challenges.
“The challenge of this particular government is security; because we are opening up everywhere. We have opened up the North-East and containing the insecurity there. The same with the North-West; we are also handling the cases of violence going on everywhere including in the South-East and the South-South”.
“For the first time, the law enforcement agencies in Nigeria are stretching, obviously beyond even their own capacity. If you have four or five different fronts where the law enforcement agents are required, there is no question that they will be there”, he maintained.
