Professor Usman Yusuf, a former CEO of the National Health Insurance Scheme, has claimed that the police should be in charge of the military’s role in internal policing, as seen in Plateau, and has called for the military to return to its barracks. He also emphasized the militarization of democracy since 1999, claiming that there has been a greater military presence under the civilian rule than there was under the previous military regime. CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
He expressed concern about the state of the Nigerian police, particularly the mobile police, which he considered an elite wing that has been adversely affected. He questioned the current role of the military, emphasizing the need for state police to take charge of local law enforcement.
He said in an interview with Arise TV, ”The mobile police was an elite wing of the Nigerian police that was damaged. But now where are they? They are guiding big Ogas. We need state police to help police our localities. Send our military back to the barracks, what they are doing in Plateau is the job of the police.
They are all involving themselves in internal policing, this is not the responsibility of the military. State police will help a great deal in policing our communities and allow the military to go back to the barracks. For more than half of my adult life, we have lived through a military regime. In the civilian regime since 1999 till now, our democracy has been more militarized than during the military regime. We didn’t use to see these many soldiers during the military regime.” CONTINUE FULL READING>>>>>
