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LequteMan
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The Inspector-General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, has declared the Nigeria Peace Corps a threat to national security.
According to him, the recruitment and operational procedures of the corps did not conform to the law establishing security agencies in Nigeria.
“Nigeria is not a lawless country. You can’t just wake up overnight and establish a security organisation. There are processes. Security is the responsibility of the executive arm of government and there are processes to take. Even it took the police almost a year to recruit 10,000.
“I want us to appreciate that we have so many challenges in this country and we don’t want some of these people of questionable characters to enter our security services and constitute a threat to the security of this country. And that is what the peace corps is doing. You don’t just go on the streets and be picking people by the virtue of the fact that they give you money.
“The commandant was picked up in a joint operation involving the police, the military and the DSS. We are going to charge him to court.”
According to him, the recruitment and operational procedures of the corps did not conform to the law establishing security agencies in Nigeria.
“Nigeria is not a lawless country. You can’t just wake up overnight and establish a security organisation. There are processes. Security is the responsibility of the executive arm of government and there are processes to take. Even it took the police almost a year to recruit 10,000.
“I want us to appreciate that we have so many challenges in this country and we don’t want some of these people of questionable characters to enter our security services and constitute a threat to the security of this country. And that is what the peace corps is doing. You don’t just go on the streets and be picking people by the virtue of the fact that they give you money.
“The commandant was picked up in a joint operation involving the police, the military and the DSS. We are going to charge him to court.”
