The Labour Party (LP) presidential candidate Peter Obi and his running mate Datti Baba-Ahmed have given a lowdown on how they intend to address the perennial security challenges that plague the country.
The duo made their agenda and plans known when they featured on ‘The People’s Townhall’ on Channels Television on Sunday.
With the rising crime rate soaring across Nigeria, security was top of Sunday’s discussions. But the LP flagbearer says he will negotiate with agitators and adopt the carrot-and-stick approach to reverse the trend.
“We are in a democratic dispensation; you govern by discussing, you govern by consensus. So, I will sit down and discuss with every agitator without the exception of the name. We must use carrot and stick (approach),” he said, attributing the situation to a sense of injustice.
Obi argued that agitations are not new and that even at the family level, children, wives, and others do so but believes negotiations are key.
Another way to address the situation, according to Obi, is community policing. As far as he is concerned, “these things start from the communities”.
“There is no reason we should not have local, state and federal, and national policing,” he said, adding that the constitution will be tweaked to “suit it”.