Governor Kayode Fayemi of Ekiti State has reiterated the need for a reform mechanism that would improve citizens’ trust in the Nigeria Police Force.
Fayemi stated this during a stakeholders’ forum on community policing, involving heads of security agencies, public servants, politicians, civil society organisations, youth and women organisations, trade and professional groups, in Ado-Ekiti at the weekend.
This was the former Inspector General of Police, Sunday Ehindero urged stakeholders to support the holistic establishment of community policing to tackle the menace of banditry, kidnapping and other security challenges bedevilling the Country.
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Fayemi, who stated that community policing was vital to addressing security challenges in the country, however, lamented the non-implementation of a wide range of recommendations made at different conferences on how the Nigeria Police can be reformed in the last 20 years.
