Bright Ogbomudia, 72, businessman, Port Harcourt

Security is everybody’s business and should not be left in the hands of security agencies alone. Nigerians should help the security agencies by providing information on what is happening in their immediate environments, that is what community policing is all about. I think the Chief of Army Staff’s comment is okay. Nigerians should be conscious of their immediate environment and give out information on what is happening around them.

What I can deduce from what the COAS said is that Nigerians should be conscious of their immediate environment by monitoring what is happening around them and alerting the law enforcement agencies on any breach. Security should be everybody’s business; the law enforcement agencies cannot do it alone. That is why we have community policing to complement the efforts of security agencies. Nigerians should be alive to their immediate environment by monitoring what is happening around them.