Goronyo Market Attack: CAN Asks Buhari to Restructure Security Architecture, Allow State Police

Onyebuchi Ezigbo in Abuja

The Christian Association of Nigeria (CAN) has asked President Muhammadu Buhari to restructure the security architecture and forward a bill to the National Assembly to amend the constitution with a view to allowing the creation of state police.

The association which made the call while commiserating with the Sultan of Sokoto, His Eminence Muhammadu Sa’ad Abubakae III, the people and the government of Sokoto State on the recent killing of innocent people and destruction of property by bandits at the Goronyo Central Market in the state, said they were shocked and pained at the horrible incident. In a statement signed by its General Secretary, Mr. Joseph Daramola Bade, CAN sued for a total overhauling of our security architecture with a view to injecting fresh energy and ideas into the system.

“We once again reiterate our clarion call for a total overhauling of our security architecture with a view to injecting fresh energy and ideas into the system. The security architecture has been compromised. The bitter truth is we have never had it this bad. The earlier the government realised this, the better for us.

“We are also calling on President Muhammadu Buhari to ask the National Assembly to amend the Constitution with a view to allowing the State Police as it is being done in other climes. The existing system can no longer handle this situation effectively. Nigerians are no longer sleeping with two eyes closed because they are all living in fear. This is too bad,” he said.

CAN said it was shocked, pained and disappointed with the reported attacks and the loss of many lives despite all the efforts being made by the government to stop these criminal elements.
“CAN condemns in strong terms the operations of these criminals and tasked security agencies to rise up to this menace before it’s too late.

“The fact that the bandits struck when the Chief of Army Staff, a prominent indigene of the State, Lt. General Faruk Yahaya, was visiting Sokoto State, speaks volumes about the evil intentions of the criminals.
“We join the Sultan and Governor Aminu Tambuwal in appealing to the federal government to deploy more troops to the state to stop these criminals and their criminalities,” it said.