Atiku: I may adopt UAE security system to end insecurity in Nigeria

Atiku Abubakar

The presidential candidate of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), Atiku Abubakar, says he may adopt the security system used in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) to tackle insecurity in Nigeria if elected as President in the 2023 general election.

Atiku said the UAE security system is based on adopting technology to monitor various happenings across the country.

The former Vice President said this while speaking at the ‘People’s Townhall’ series for presidential candidates and their running mates, organised by Channels Television on Sunday.

Speaking alongside his running mate and Delta State Governor, Ifeanyi Okowa, the PDP presidential candidate said the adoption of technology to monitor people’s movement in Nigeria will help to stop people from committing crime the country.

Atiku said: “The security architecture I admire is the UAE security architecture and it’s primarily based on monitoring.

“You don’t see policemen in uniform in UAE, you don’t see soldiers but virtually everybody is being monitored on a daily basis and particularly if you are a visitor, from the moment you step into the country or go out, anywhere you are going you are being watched and that is the deployment of technology as far as security is concerned.

“That is to say we are aiming for the ultimate, but we have to deal with our current security structure. How we reform it to ensure that we give our people a more secure environment to undertake their own legitimate businesses wherever they may be, whether in the rural areas, semi urban and so on.”

The Star