Governor Simon Lalong of Plateau State says the 19 Northern states have gone far in their efforts to introduce community policing in the region. Lalong spoke with State House correspondents after a meeting with the President, Major General Muhammadu Buhari (retd. On the new security move by the South-West, tagged ‘Amotekun’, Lalong said the North had made serious arrangements on community policing. “The situation in the South may not be the same in the North but in the North, we are also looking at some ways we will also address these issues. “Two, in the North, we have also agreed to key into community policing; at the level of the committee, they are already very far; each state is already neck-deep in respect to community policing; the one in the South, I have not read the document.’’(NAN)

Source: Punch January 10, 2020 20:03 UTC