Kidnapping: Security expert canvasses adequate legislation, enforcement
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Security
By AbdulFatai Beki
Ilorin, Nov. 6, 2016 (NAN) A security expert and Senior Special Assistant, Security and Intelligence to Kwara governor, Dr Abdulsalam Suleiman, has advocated adequate legislation to deal with kidnapping crime.
He made the suggestion on Sunday in llorin while fielding questions from newsmen.
The security expert observed that states across the country have various penalties for kidnapping crime which he said failed to tackle the problem.
He noted that a legislation passed by the National Assembly would ensure uniformity in the penalty and drastically reduce that aspect of criminality.
The aide described kidnapping as a global crime which initially started in Nigeria with liberation struggle in the Niger Delta before it graduated to kidnapping.
The security expert stressed the need for security operatives to be well equipped with modern arms and equipment to eliminate the menace in the country.
However, Abdulsalam observed that crime cannot be eliminated completely all over the world, but can be prevented.
He praised the foresight of the Kwara House of Assembly for its efforts to promulgate a law to eradicate the wave of crime in the state.
According to him, since the state legislature promulgated the law against cultism, there has been relief in tertiary institutions in the state.
He appealed to Nigerians to always be pro-active by providing security operatives with timely and accurate information to neutralise emerging crimes.
The security expert said that lack of employment should not be an excuse for anyone to engage in crime, lamenting that moral values that was in voque in the past is no longer in practice.
Besides, the security aide stated that the Kwara government had made tremendous efforts to checkmate all forms of crimes in the state.
According to him, security management is one of the greatest concerns of Gov. Abdulfatah Ahmed. (NAN)
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Edited by Muhammad Suleiman Tola