The Vice President, Prof. Yemi Osinbajo said on Tuesday that the Federal Government is reviewing the conventional means of dealing with the security challenges, including the random Boko Haram attacks on the citizens.
Prof. Osinbajo disclosed this to newsmen in Lafia, Nasarawa State, who accosted him on arrival for a one-day official visit to the state.
He was received by the Nasarawa State Governor, Abdullahi A. Sule.
The vice president assured that the President Buhari Administration would not relent in tackling the security challenges, adding that the government would do all it takes to secure the country.
“As the President said, this group of people has acted insanely in such a dastardly manner, killing innocent people, people who had gone to their farms to work.
“Which is why the President has said that he is taking a serious look at how to deal with the issues, especially the randomness: some insane person go into a place and shoots people, that is not the sort of thing that you are prepared for conventionally.
“We have to do a lot more local intelligence and some of the community policing efforts we are planning on, so that information is supplied faster, especially at the local level and then a reaction will then be possible,” he said.
The vice president spoke through the telephone with Borno State Governor Babagana Zulum and the former Governor, Senator Kashim Shettima, to express his heartfelt condolence to the families of the bereaved, state government and people of Borno State.
Prof. Osinbajo along with the incumbent and former governor of Borno State reviewed ways of dealing with the random attacks by the insurgents.
“It’s important to understand also that we will probably need to keep reviewing the conventional means of dealing with some of these issues, these security challenges, especially the randomness.
“It is a major tragedy; it’s a very unfortunate thing and our hearts are with the families of those who were killed in such a terrible manner.
“We are very confident and the Federal Government will continue to do what it needs to do especially in terms of trying to ensure security in the North East and all over Nigeria,” he added.
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