Insecurity: World Institute for Peace knocks police over preparations for 2023 elections

• Published date: 21 January 2023
• Publication title: Nigeria - The Nation

The World Institute for Peace has bemoaned the inability of security agencies, especially the lead agency, the Nigeria Police Force (NPF), to stop political thuggery and other vices.

The Executive Director, World Institute for Peace, Lamina Kamiludeen Omotoyosi, briefing reporters, lamented the increased activities of political thugs in the build up to the February polls while the security agencies look the other way.

He therefore called on President Muhammadu Buhari to activate state machinery in a proactive manner to the act, which has lingered for too long.

'As the country is approaching the 2023 presidential election, it is very necessary for the federal government to put in top gear, measures to stop any act of thuggery and banditry in the country. Meanwhile, the way political thugs are grouping in the Southwest, especially Oyo and Osun states...