The Association of Licenced Private Security
Practitioners of Nigeria rose from a press conference few days ago at the
Association’s national secretariat in Abuja with far reaching decisions on the
body’s position on related issues regarding to its operations and as it
concerns national issues.
The new executive of the organization commended the
efforts of the former executives in conducting a free, fair and credible
election that ushered in this present executives and thereafter went on to
state categorically that the setting up of Amotekun security outfit is as a
result of the security situation in the south west and the failure of the
Federal Government to address this.
That however, “we are not practicing a confederation or
regional form of government with a regional parliament that would have given
legal backing to this security group. The AG of the Federation has declared
Amotekun illegal. Fears being because there could be jungle justice because of
lack of effective regulation of this group and that they could become willing
tools in the hands of those that set them up.
The body advice that Amotekun should operate at the
State level and not as a regional group and let NSCDC supervise the outfit.
NSCDC has recorded a lot of success with its agro rangers scheme which is
keeping a lot of farm settlement safe now. Going to court may not be right step
as a political solution is recommended.
“The President needs to meet with the South West
Governors in a closed door meeting to resolve this and set up the National
Security trust fund to equip the police and make them more effective. Recruit
massively for the police pay them well, reform them, make them more effective
whilst reducing extortion and criminal tendencies amongst the rank and file.
Implement the community policing strategies of the Nigeria police and make it
work. Private guard companies need to be incorporated into the National
Security Architecture and the Private Guards Act amended to enable Private
Guard carry arms. Reviews /structural termination must exceed the tenures of
the initiators and the policy must guide continuity.”
The body also spoke on regulation of the Private Guard
Industry
“ALPSPN will not support any move to remove regulation
of the Private Guard Industry from NSCDC. ALPSPN and NSCDC are working hard to
re-organize the Private Guard Industry with far reaching reforms as contained
in the Private Guard Regulation of 2018. We are currently changing the face of
security practice as guards biometrics will be taken by our regulator. Our
guard will be trained, certified and licensed. Companies that will train the
guards will be accredited by our regulators and ALPSPN and the accredited
companies will also have their trainers accredited. The current effort of our
regulators to make the private guard industry to be as par with the advanced
countries is commendable and will be supported by ALPSPN.”
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