A spokesman for the Labour Party (LP), Kenneth Okonkwo, says the Presidential Candidate of the party, Peter Obi, will leave no stone unturned towards ensuring the restructuring of the country.
Okonkwo made the disclosure when he featured on Channels TV politics today on Monday.
Okonkwo said Obi would ensure the amendment of the constitution to restructure the country’s security architecture if elected in the February 25 presidential election.
The LP spokesman also said the current and previous governments of the APC and the PDP have not been able to devolve policing because “there is no sincerity of purpose”.
“Would you give such an amendment to a Tinubu that does not believe in restructuring and state police and did not even state it in his manifesto? You think it would work? No. Dictators like to operate outside the state apparatus to achieve what they want,” he said.
“Our problem in Nigeria is not the scarcity of good government plans, ideas and policies. No, we are not bereft of that… What we have is a combination of institutional weakness and lack of political will. That is why my principal is offering a new brand of leadership that is transformative, responsive, responsible and less transactional.
“So, what we are looking for now is that President who will go in with Executive Orders. With that, you can achieve the security.”
According to him, regional security outfits like the Amotekun Corps should be allowed to bear “powerful weapons to be able to engage the terrorists who have superior weapons”. “Why should the Federal Government not grant them under existing laws?” he queried.
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