{"id":30149,"date":"2023-02-18T18:18:12","date_gmt":"2023-02-18T18:18:12","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/uncategorized\/interior-minister-urged-to-take-tough-measures-to-address-security-lapses"},"modified":"2023-02-18T20:01:12","modified_gmt":"2023-02-18T20:01:12","slug":"interior-minister-urged-to-take-tough-measures-to-address-security-lapses","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/gambia\/all-news\/interior-minister-urged-to-take-tough-measures-to-address-security-lapses","title":{"rendered":"Interior Minister urged to take tough measures to address security lapses"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Gambia. <\/strong><\/span>A seasoned Gambian security expert has urged the Minister of Interior to take tough measures to address the country\u2019s security challenges.<\/b><\/p>\n

Modou Lamin Faye, a US-based Gambian criminologist, specialising on law enforcement and national security crisis, said Minister Seyaka Sonko should be able to identify what the country\u2019s internal security forces need to perform or execute their duty in safeguarding the country.<\/p>\n

\u201cI want to take the opportunity to thank you and your team for reaching out to the Ambassador of the People\u2019s Republic of China to The Gambia, His Excellency Ambassador Lui Jin, to work together and strengthen the country\u2019s security,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cThis is a good example of what the Gambian people expect from every senior government official or head of a department. If everyone holding a higher position in the government do their part and spend more time going out in the field to hunt for what The Gambia needs to evolve or pave the way for generations to come and spend less time sitting in their offices bossing people around, then I have no doubt that we will progress.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faye says he hopes the Minister\u2019s good work continues and that other senior government officials would learn from him, be productive, and get \u201cout of their offices to see what their departments need to better serve the public\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cBut honourable Minister, while I commend you, I would also like to stress the fact that time is against our officers who are on the frontline. The robbery incident that happened on Sunday, February 12th, 2023, at one of the PIU checkpoints in Fass Njaga Choi where one officer, Lamin Jammeh, was shot in his left hand and two others severely wounded is a good example that we need to move fast and train the public, especially these officers,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Faye said the country\u2019s security officers should be mentally and psychologically prepared to use lethal force to eliminate a threat.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe should train them to mentally, psychologically, and physically be prepared to quickly react to threats like the incident in Fass Njaga Choi and use lethal force when necessary to save themselves and others,\u201d he advised, saying: \u201cThe Fass Njaga Choi incident wasn\u2019t the only incident that happened around our borders, which is sad because the government failed to put measures in place to make sure something like that doesn\u2019t happen again.<\/p>\n

\u201cI understand that the word \u2018deadly force\u2019 might sound like a big deal in The Gambia, but may I highlight the fact that enforcing laws and using whatever force necessary to eliminate a threat does not go with social norms or with people\u2019s feelings. Because we worry so much about the public opinion on how we enforce the laws of the land to deter people from committing horrific crimes like this; the criminals use that to their advantage and have the audacity to harm the citizens who pay taxes to be protected.\u201d<\/p>\n

Faye said sending officers to the frontline without properly equipping them while top officials like the Interior Minister are peacefully sitting in their offices or homes \u201cisn\u2019t fair to our officers and their families\u201d.<\/p>\n

\u201cTherefore, it\u2019s time to step up to these bad guys who are freely crossing our borders to come and do whatever they want, and leave,\u201d he said. \u201cWe also need to understand that we have more people from all over the world with different styles of living in The Gambia and they know how our security forces operate or respond to crimes.\u201d<\/p>\n

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Africa-Press – Gambia. A seasoned Gambian security expert has urged the Minister of Interior to take tough measures to address the country\u2019s security challenges. 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