{"id":63632,"date":"2022-04-23T15:09:16","date_gmt":"2022-04-23T14:09:16","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/uncategorized\/you-had-opportunity-to-restructure-create-state-police-presidency-hits-back-at-obasanjo"},"modified":"2022-04-23T16:16:38","modified_gmt":"2022-04-23T15:16:38","slug":"you-had-opportunity-to-restructure-create-state-police-presidency-hits-back-at-obasanjo","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/nigeria\/policy\/you-had-opportunity-to-restructure-create-state-police-presidency-hits-back-at-obasanjo","title":{"rendered":"You had opportunity to restructure, create State police \u2013 Presidency hits back at Obasanjo"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Nigeria. <\/strong><\/span>The Buhari Presidency, through the Special Adviser on Media and Publicity to the President, Femi Adesina, has questioned former President Olusegun Obasanjo\u2019s call for State police and restructuring of the country.<\/p>\n

Speaking on Channels Television on Friday, Adesina, took a swipe at Obasanjo over the former President\u2019s belief that the security challenges across the country were being poorly handled.<\/p>\n

Obasanjo had on Wednesday suggested that the creation of State police would be a better option than community policing to help fight insecurity in the country.<\/p>\n

However, the suggestion seemed not to have gone down well with Adesina, who criticized Obasanjo and insisted that when the ex-President had the opportunity to do what he is asking for now, but he failed to do it.<\/p>\n

\u201cFormer President Olusegun Obasanjo has a right to hold a different opinion from what he held in the past but I recall that under him, restructuring of the federation was a key issue that Afenifere fought for, and then there was the issue of State police which also resonated loudly under him but he didn\u2019t do anything in eight years.<\/p>\n

\u201cLike I said, he has a right to change his mind now, but it doesn\u2019t change the fact that he had the opportunity to do something about it and did not,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

Adesina further explained the major obstacle of President Buhari\u2019s execution of the restructuring, saying that \u201cthe executive is not the custodian of political will.\u201d<\/p>\n

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